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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) Consonance and assonance.
(d) Personification and consonance.

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

3. Which word is enjambed at the end of line 1 and the beginning of line 2?
(a) Minion.
(b) Daylight.
(c) Kingdom.
(d) Morning.

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

5. What is the bird the "dauphin" of (line 2)?
(a) Daylight.
(b) The air.
(c) Flight.
(d) The dawn.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is "sillion" (line 12)?

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

4. What is the common name of the titular bird?

5. What does the word "wimpling" literally mean in the context of line 4?

(see the answer key)

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