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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 is the common name of the titular bird?
(a) Kestrel.
(b) Hawk.
(c) Kite.
(d) Osprey.

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

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

4. 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.

5. In lines 5 and 6, what is the bird's motion compared to?
(a) A swing.
(b) An ice skater.
(c) A ball being thrown.
(d) An arrow.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What technique is employed in the line 9 phrase "oh, air, pride, plume, here"?

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

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

5. What techniques are evident in the phrase "Rebuffed the big wind" (line 7)?

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