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

2. What is "sillion" (line 12)?
(a) Sunshine.
(b) An uncountable amount.
(c) A type of soil.
(d) The sparkling of a diamond.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What technique is employed in the poem's final two lines, "blue-bleak embers, ah my dear/ Fall, gall themselves, and gash gold-vermilion"?

3. In lines 2-3, "in his riding/ Of the rolling level underneath him steady air," which word tells what the bird is "riding"?

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

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

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