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

2. What is a "chevalier" (line 11)?
(a) A bird.
(b) A falconer.
(c) A knight.
(d) A horse.

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

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

5. 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 used rapid movements to shine or polish it.
(c) To have abruptly and rudely responded to it.
(d) To have brushed against its force and been knocked back.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does "shéer plód" mean (line 12)?

3. In lines 2-3, "in his riding/ Of the rolling level underneath him steady air," which word tells what the bird is "riding"?

4. Which techniques are evident in the phrase "dapple-dawn-drawn" (line 2)?

5. In lines 5 and 6, what is the bird's motion compared to?

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