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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 air.
(c) Christ.
(d) The windhover.

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

3. In lines 10 and 11, the speaker says that the fire "that breaks from thee" is a billion times "lovelier" and more what?
(a) Rapturous.
(b) Hypnotic.
(c) Sanctified.
(d) Dangerous.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Between which lines does the poem use "light rhyme"?

3. What would it mean to have "Rebuffed the big wind" (line 7)?

4. What techniques are evident in the phrase "Rebuffed the big wind" (line 7)?

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

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