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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 device is evident in line 10's "the fire that breaks from thee then"?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Apostrophe.
(c) Personification.
(d) Verbal irony.

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"?
(a) Euphemism.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Imagery.
(d) Metaphor.

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

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

5. What is "sillion" (line 12)?
(a) The sparkling of a diamond.
(b) Sunshine.
(c) A type of soil.
(d) An uncountable amount.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which word is enjambed at the end of line 1 and the beginning of line 2?

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

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

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