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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. Who is being referred to in line 10's "thee"?
(a) The windhover.
(b) The speaker.
(c) The air.
(d) Christ.

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

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

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) "Rolling."
(b) "Level."
(c) "Him."
(d) "Air."

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In lines 5 and 6, what is the bird's motion compared to?

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