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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. In line 5, what does the speaker claim the bird is feeling?
(a) Awe.
(b) Pride.
(c) Anticipation.
(d) Ecstasy.

2. What does "shéer plód" mean (line 12)?
(a) Slow, boring, repetitive work.
(b) A heavy feeling of apathy.
(c) Keen and attentive determination.
(d) Clumsy and random movement.

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

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

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) Imagery.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Euphemism.
(d) Oxymoron.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. To whom is the poem dedicated?

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