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

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

3. What is the bird the "dauphin" of (line 2)?
(a) Daylight.
(b) Flight.
(c) The air.
(d) The dawn.

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

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) Buckle.
(d) Break.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a "chevalier" (line 11)?

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

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

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

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