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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 lines 2-3, "in his riding/ Of the rolling level underneath him steady air," which word tells what the bird is "riding"?
(a) "Him."
(b) "Level."
(c) "Air."
(d) "Rolling."

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

3. What is a "chevalier" (line 11)?
(a) A horse.
(b) A falconer.
(c) A knight.
(d) A bird.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is being referred to in line 10's "thee"?

2. What technique is employed in the poem's final two lines, "blue-bleak embers, ah my dear/ Fall, gall themselves, and gash gold-vermilion"?

3. In lines 5 and 6, what is the bird's motion compared to?

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

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

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