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

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

3. What techniques are evident in the phrase "Rebuffed the big wind" (line 7)?
(a) Personification and consonance.
(b) Assonance and euphony.
(c) Euphony and personification.
(d) Consonance and assonance.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What device is evident in line 10's "the fire that breaks from thee then"?

5. Which word is enjambed at the end of line 1 and the beginning of line 2?

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