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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) A ball being thrown.
(b) An arrow.
(c) A swing.
(d) An ice skater.

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

3. What device is evident in line 10's "the fire that breaks from thee then"?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Verbal irony.
(c) Apostrophe.
(d) Personification.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is "sillion" (line 12)?

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

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

5. In line 5, what does the speaker claim the bird is feeling?

(see the answer key)

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