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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. Between which lines does the poem use "light rhyme"?
(a) A and B.
(b) B and D.
(c) A and C.
(d) B and C.

2. What technique is employed in the line 9 phrase "oh, air, pride, plume, here"?
(a) Asyndeton.
(b) Antithesis.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Atanaclasis.

3. 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) Metaphor.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Imagery.

4. To whom is the poem dedicated?
(a) The poet's spouse.
(b) Christ.
(c) Matthew Arnold.
(d) A Victorian minister.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does "shéer plód" mean (line 12)?

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