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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 type of rhyme is seen in the poem's "A" lines?
(a) Slant.
(b) Feminine.
(c) Eye.
(d) Masculine.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which word is enjambed at the end of line 1 and the beginning of line 2?

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

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

5. What does "shéer plód" mean (line 12)?

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