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

2. What does "shéer plód" mean (line 12)?
(a) A heavy feeling of apathy.
(b) Slow, boring, repetitive work.
(c) Keen and attentive determination.
(d) Clumsy and random movement.

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

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

5. What techniques are evident in the phrase "Rebuffed the big wind" (line 7)?
(a) Assonance and euphony.
(b) Euphony and personification.
(c) Personification and consonance.
(d) Consonance and assonance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the bird the "dauphin" of (line 2)?

2. What is the common name of the titular bird?

3. What is a "chevalier" (line 11)?

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

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

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