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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom is the poem dedicated?

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

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

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

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