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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. Where is the volta of "The Windhover"?
(a) Between lines 4 and 5.
(b) Between lines 12 and 13.
(c) Between lines 11 and 12.
(d) Between lines 8 and 9.

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

3. Who is the author of "The Windhover"?
(a) Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
(b) Gerard Manley Hopkins.
(c) Christina Rossetti.
(d) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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