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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 2-3, "in his riding/ Of the rolling level underneath him steady air," which word tells what the bird is "riding"?
(a) "Level."
(b) "Air."
(c) "Rolling."
(d) "Him."

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In lines 10 and 11, the speaker says that the fire "that breaks from thee" is a billion times "lovelier" and more what?

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