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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 techniques are evident in the phrase "Rebuffed the big wind" (line 7)?
(a) Consonance and assonance.
(b) Assonance and euphony.
(c) Euphony and personification.
(d) Personification and consonance.

2. What is "sillion" (line 12)?
(a) Sunshine.
(b) An uncountable amount.
(c) A type of soil.
(d) The sparkling of a diamond.

3. To whom is the poem dedicated?
(a) A Victorian minister.
(b) Matthew Arnold.
(c) The poet's spouse.
(d) Christ.

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

5. What does line 10 say "Brute beauty and valour and act, oh, air, pride, plume" do "here" (line 9)?
(a) Soar.
(b) Stir.
(c) Break.
(d) Buckle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the word "wimpling" literally mean in the context of line 4?

3. What does "shéer plód" mean (line 12)?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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