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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) Kite.
(b) Kestrel.
(c) Osprey.
(d) Hawk.

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

3. Between which lines does the poem use "light rhyme"?
(a) A and B.
(b) A and C.
(c) B and C.
(d) B and D.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is the poem dedicated?

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

3. What is "sillion" (line 12)?

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

5. Which techniques are evident in the phrase "dapple-dawn-drawn" (line 2)?

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