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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is a "chevalier" (line 11)?

5. What is the bird the "dauphin" of (line 2)?

(see the answer key)

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