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

2. What technique is employed in the line 9 phrase "oh, air, pride, plume, here"?
(a) Atanaclasis.
(b) Antithesis.
(c) Asyndeton.
(d) Anaphora.

3. What type of rhyme is seen in the poem's "B" lines"?
(a) Slant.
(b) Masculine.
(c) Feminine.
(d) Eye.

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

5. To whom is the poem dedicated?
(a) The poet's spouse.
(b) Christ.
(c) Matthew Arnold.
(d) A Victorian minister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What techniques are evident in the phrase "Rebuffed the big wind" (line 7)?

2. What does line 10 say "Brute beauty and valour and act, oh, air, pride, plume" do "here" (line 9)?

3. What is the bird the "dauphin" of (line 2)?

4. Who is the author of "The Windhover"?

5. What would it mean to have "Rebuffed the big wind" (line 7)?

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