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

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

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

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

5. Who is the author of "The Windhover"?
(a) Gerard Manley Hopkins.
(b) Christina Rossetti.
(c) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(d) Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In line 5, what does the speaker claim the bird is feeling?

(see the answer key)

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