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

2. What does "shéer plód" mean (line 12)?
(a) Keen and attentive determination.
(b) Clumsy and random movement.
(c) Slow, boring, repetitive work.
(d) A heavy feeling of apathy.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the volta of "The Windhover"?

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

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

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

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