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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) Covering.
(d) Like a nun's habit.

2. What does line 10 say "Brute beauty and valour and act, oh, air, pride, plume" do "here" (line 9)?
(a) Buckle.
(b) Break.
(c) Stir.
(d) Soar.

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

4. What is a "chevalier" (line 11)?
(a) A bird.
(b) A falconer.
(c) A horse.
(d) A knight.

5. What is the common name of the titular bird?
(a) Osprey.
(b) Kite.
(c) Kestrel.
(d) Hawk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Between which lines does the poem use "light rhyme"?

2. What technique is employed in the poem's final two lines, "blue-bleak embers, ah my dear/ Fall, gall themselves, and gash gold-vermilion"?

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

4. Who is being referred to in line 10's "thee"?

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

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