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

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

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What device is evident in line 10's "the fire that breaks from thee then"?

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

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

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

5. What does "shéer plód" mean (line 12)?

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