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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 techniques are evident in the phrase "Rebuffed the big wind" (line 7)?
(a) Euphony and personification.
(b) Assonance and euphony.
(c) Personification and consonance.
(d) Consonance and assonance.

2. Which techniques are evident in the phrase "dapple-dawn-drawn" (line 2)?
(a) Metaphor and alliteration.
(b) Alliteration and internal rhyme.
(c) Onomatopoeia and metaphor.
(d) Internal rhyme and onomatopoeia.

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

4. Where is the volta of "The Windhover"?
(a) Between lines 8 and 9.
(b) Between lines 11 and 12.
(c) Between lines 4 and 5.
(d) Between lines 12 and 13.

5. Between which lines does the poem use "light rhyme"?
(a) A and B.
(b) A and C.
(c) B and C.
(d) B and D.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word is enjambed at the end of line 1 and the beginning of line 2?

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

3. In lines 10 and 11, the speaker says that the fire "that breaks from thee" is a billion times "lovelier" and more what?

4. In line 5, what does the speaker claim the bird is feeling?

5. What technique is employed in the line 9 phrase "oh, air, pride, plume, here"?

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