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

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

3. What technique is employed in the line 9 phrase "oh, air, pride, plume, here"?
(a) Antithesis.
(b) Anaphora.
(c) Asyndeton.
(d) Atanaclasis.

4. 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) "Rolling."
(c) "Level."
(d) "Him."

5. What is a "chevalier" (line 11)?
(a) A horse.
(b) A falconer.
(c) A bird.
(d) A knight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "sillion" (line 12)?

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

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

4. Which techniques are evident in the phrase "dapple-dawn-drawn" (line 2)?

5. To whom is the poem dedicated?

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