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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What technique is employed in the line 9 phrase "oh, air, pride, plume, here"?

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

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

5. What technique is employed in the poem's final two lines, "blue-bleak embers, ah my dear/ Fall, gall themselves, and gash gold-vermilion"?

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