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

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

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

5. In lines 5 and 6, what is the bird's motion compared to?
(a) A ball being thrown.
(b) An ice skater.
(c) An arrow.
(d) A swing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the volta of "The Windhover"?

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

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

4. Who is being referred to in line 10's "thee"?

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

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