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

2. In line 5, what does the speaker claim the bird is feeling?
(a) Anticipation.
(b) Ecstasy.
(c) Pride.
(d) Awe.

3. What does line 10 say "Brute beauty and valour and act, oh, air, pride, plume" do "here" (line 9)?
(a) Break.
(b) Buckle.
(c) Stir.
(d) Soar.

4. What technique is employed in the poem's final two lines, "blue-bleak embers, ah my dear/ Fall, gall themselves, and gash gold-vermilion"?
(a) Oxymoron.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Imagery.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What techniques are evident in the phrase "Rebuffed the big wind" (line 7)?

3. Who is the author of "The Windhover"?

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

5. To whom is the poem dedicated?

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