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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) Alliteration and internal rhyme.
(b) Internal rhyme and onomatopoeia.
(c) Onomatopoeia and metaphor.
(d) Metaphor and alliteration.

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

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

4. Where is the volta of "The Windhover"?
(a) Between lines 12 and 13.
(b) Between lines 8 and 9.
(c) Between lines 4 and 5.
(d) Between lines 11 and 12.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What type of rhyme is seen in the poem's "B" lines"?

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

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

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