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

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

3. In lines 5 and 6, what is the bird's motion compared to?
(a) An arrow.
(b) An ice skater.
(c) A ball being thrown.
(d) A swing.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is a "chevalier" (line 11)?

(see the answer key)

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