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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 does "shéer plód" mean (line 12)?
(a) Slow, boring, repetitive work.
(b) Keen and attentive determination.
(c) A heavy feeling of apathy.
(d) Clumsy and random movement.

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

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

4. What is the common name of the titular bird?
(a) Osprey.
(b) Kestrel.
(c) Kite.
(d) Hawk.

5. In lines 10 and 11, the speaker says that the fire "that breaks from thee" is a billion times "lovelier" and more what?
(a) Dangerous.
(b) Hypnotic.
(c) Sanctified.
(d) Rapturous.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which word is enjambed at the end of line 1 and the beginning of line 2?

4. What does line 10 say "Brute beauty and valour and act, oh, air, pride, plume" do "here" (line 9)?

5. Where is the volta of "The Windhover"?

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