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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. What type of rhyme is seen in the poem's "B" lines"?
(a) Slant.
(b) Feminine.
(c) Masculine.
(d) Eye.

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

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

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

5. Who is the author of "The Windhover"?
(a) Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
(b) Christina Rossetti.
(c) Gerard Manley Hopkins.
(d) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Between which lines does the poem use "light rhyme"?

3. In line 5, what does the speaker claim the bird is feeling?

4. What would it mean to have "Rebuffed the big wind" (line 7)?

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

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