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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. Who is being referred to in line 10's "thee"?
(a) The speaker.
(b) The windhover.
(c) The air.
(d) Christ.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does line 10 say "Brute beauty and valour and act, oh, air, pride, plume" do "here" (line 9)?

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

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