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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 device is evident in line 10's "the fire that breaks from thee then"?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Verbal irony.
(c) Personification.
(d) Apostrophe.

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

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

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

5. Where is the volta of "The Windhover"?
(a) Between lines 8 and 9.
(b) Between lines 12 and 13.
(c) Between lines 4 and 5.
(d) Between lines 11 and 12.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the bird the "dauphin" of (line 2)?

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

4. Which techniques are evident in the phrase "dapple-dawn-drawn" (line 2)?

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

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