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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) Clumsy and random movement.
(b) Keen and attentive determination.
(c) Slow, boring, repetitive work.
(d) A heavy feeling of apathy.

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

3. Who is the author of "The Windhover"?
(a) Gerard Manley Hopkins.
(b) Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
(c) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(d) Christina Rossetti.

4. What does the word "wimpling" literally mean in the context of line 4?
(a) Rippling.
(b) Covering.
(c) Muffling.
(d) Like a nun's habit.

5. What would it mean to have "Rebuffed the big wind" (line 7)?
(a) To have used rapid movements to shine or polish it.
(b) To have abruptly and rudely responded to it.
(c) To have brushed against its force and been knocked back.
(d) To have stood up to and turned away its advance.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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