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

2. Which techniques are evident in the phrase "dapple-dawn-drawn" (line 2)?
(a) Alliteration and internal rhyme.
(b) Onomatopoeia and metaphor.
(c) Metaphor and alliteration.
(d) Internal rhyme and onomatopoeia.

3. What is the common name of the titular bird?
(a) Osprey.
(b) Kestrel.
(c) Hawk.
(d) Kite.

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

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) "Level."
(b) "Him."
(c) "Air."
(d) "Rolling."

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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