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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 8 and 9.
(b) Between lines 11 and 12.
(c) Between lines 4 and 5.
(d) Between lines 12 and 13.

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

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

4. In line 5, what does the speaker claim the bird is feeling?
(a) Awe.
(b) Anticipation.
(c) Ecstasy.
(d) Pride.

5. What does the word "wimpling" literally mean in the context of line 4?
(a) Muffling.
(b) Like a nun's habit.
(c) Covering.
(d) Rippling.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is a "chevalier" (line 11)?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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