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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. In lines 2-3, "in his riding/ Of the rolling level underneath him steady air," which word tells what the bird is "riding"?
(a) "Him."
(b) "Level."
(c) "Rolling."
(d) "Air."

2. What would it mean to have "Rebuffed the big wind" (line 7)?
(a) To have stood up to and turned away its advance.
(b) To have used rapid movements to shine or polish it.
(c) To have abruptly and rudely responded to it.
(d) To have brushed against its force and been knocked back.

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

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

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

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

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

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

5. What technique is employed in the line 9 phrase "oh, air, pride, plume, here"?

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