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

2. What device is evident in line 10's "the fire that breaks from thee then"?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Verbal irony.
(c) Personification.
(d) Apostrophe.

3. What would it mean to have "Rebuffed the big wind" (line 7)?
(a) To have stood up to and turned away its advance.
(b) To have used rapid movements to shine or polish it.
(c) To have abruptly and rudely responded to it.
(d) To have brushed against its force and been knocked back.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is being referred to in line 10's "thee"?

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

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

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

5. What does line 10 say "Brute beauty and valour and act, oh, air, pride, plume" do "here" (line 9)?

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