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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 10 and 11, the speaker says that the fire "that breaks from thee" is a billion times "lovelier" and more what?
(a) Hypnotic.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Rapturous.
(d) Sanctified.

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

3. To whom is the poem dedicated?
(a) A Victorian minister.
(b) The poet's spouse.
(c) Christ.
(d) Matthew Arnold.

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

5. What does the word "wimpling" literally mean in the context of line 4?
(a) Like a nun's habit.
(b) Covering.
(c) Rippling.
(d) Muffling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of rhyme is seen in the poem's "A" lines?

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

3. In lines 2-3, "in his riding/ Of the rolling level underneath him steady air," which word tells what the bird is "riding"?

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

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

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