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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) Internal rhyme and onomatopoeia.
(b) Metaphor and alliteration.
(c) Alliteration and internal rhyme.
(d) Onomatopoeia and metaphor.

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

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

4. What is the common name of the titular bird?
(a) Kite.
(b) Osprey.
(c) Kestrel.
(d) Hawk.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In lines 5 and 6, what is the bird's motion compared to?

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

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

4. To whom is the poem dedicated?

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

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