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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. To whom is the poem dedicated?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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