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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) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(b) Gerard Manley Hopkins.
(c) Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
(d) Christina Rossetti.

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

3. Which word is enjambed at the end of line 1 and the beginning of line 2?
(a) Minion.
(b) Morning.
(c) Kingdom.
(d) Daylight.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In lines 10 and 11, the speaker says that the fire "that breaks from thee" is a billion times "lovelier" and more what?

3. What techniques are evident in the phrase "Rebuffed the big wind" (line 7)?

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

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

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