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

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

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

4. What is a "chevalier" (line 11)?
(a) A knight.
(b) A bird.
(c) A falconer.
(d) A horse.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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. In lines 5 and 6, what is the bird's motion compared to?

5. Where is the volta of "The Windhover"?

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