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

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

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

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

5. What is "sillion" (line 12)?
(a) An uncountable amount.
(b) A type of soil.
(c) Sunshine.
(d) The sparkling of a diamond.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word "wimpling" literally mean in the context of line 4?

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

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

4. In lines 2-3, "in his riding/ Of the rolling level underneath him steady air," which word tells what the bird is "riding"?

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

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