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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. To whom is the poem dedicated?

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