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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. Which techniques are evident in the phrase "dapple-dawn-drawn" (line 2)?
(a) Onomatopoeia and metaphor.
(b) Metaphor and alliteration.
(c) Alliteration and internal rhyme.
(d) Internal rhyme and onomatopoeia.

2. 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.

3. What technique is employed in the line 9 phrase "oh, air, pride, plume, here"?
(a) Asyndeton.
(b) Atanaclasis.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Antithesis.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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 a "chevalier" (line 11)?

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

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