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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 the author of "The Windhover"?
(a) Christina Rossetti.
(b) Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
(c) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(d) Gerard Manley Hopkins.

2. To whom is the poem dedicated?
(a) Matthew Arnold.
(b) A Victorian minister.
(c) Christ.
(d) The poet's spouse.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In lines 10 and 11, the speaker says that the fire "that breaks from thee" is a billion times "lovelier" and more what?

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

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

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