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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "The Windhover," lines 1-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the word "wimpling" literally mean in the context of line 4?
(a) Rippling.
(b) Muffling.
(c) Like a nun's habit.
(d) Covering.

2. Who is being referred to in line 10's "thee"?
(a) The air.
(b) Christ.
(c) The windhover.
(d) The speaker.

3. In lines 5 and 6, what is the bird's motion compared to?
(a) An arrow.
(b) A ball being thrown.
(c) An ice skater.
(d) A swing.

4. What would it mean to have "Rebuffed the big wind" (line 7)?
(a) To have brushed against its force and been knocked back.
(b) To have used rapid movements to shine or polish it.
(c) To have abruptly and rudely responded to it.
(d) To have stood up to and turned away its advance.

5. What does "shéer plód" mean (line 12)?
(a) A heavy feeling of apathy.
(b) Keen and attentive determination.
(c) Slow, boring, repetitive work.
(d) Clumsy and random movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of rhyme is seen in the poem's "A" lines?

2. Where is the volta of "The Windhover"?

3. Which techniques are evident in the phrase "dapple-dawn-drawn" (line 2)?

4. In lines 2-3, "in his riding/ Of the rolling level underneath him steady air," which word tells what the bird is "riding"?

5. To whom is the poem dedicated?

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