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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) Christ.
(d) The air.

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

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

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

5. What technique is employed in the poem's final two lines, "blue-bleak embers, ah my dear/ Fall, gall themselves, and gash gold-vermilion"?
(a) Euphemism.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Imagery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What device is evident in line 10's "the fire that breaks from thee then"?

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

3. What type of rhyme is seen in the poem's "B" lines"?

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

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

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