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

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

3. What technique is employed in the line 9 phrase "oh, air, pride, plume, here"?
(a) Anaphora.
(b) Antithesis.
(c) Asyndeton.
(d) Atanaclasis.

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

5. What is the bird the "dauphin" of (line 2)?
(a) Daylight.
(b) The air.
(c) Flight.
(d) The dawn.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In lines 10 and 11, the speaker says that the fire "that breaks from thee" is a billion times "lovelier" and more what?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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