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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In lines 10 and 11, the speaker says that the fire "that breaks from thee" is a billion times "lovelier" and more what?
(a) Rapturous.
(b) Hypnotic.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Sanctified.

2. Which techniques are evident in the phrase "dapple-dawn-drawn" (line 2)?
(a) Internal rhyme and onomatopoeia.
(b) Metaphor and alliteration.
(c) Alliteration and internal rhyme.
(d) Onomatopoeia and metaphor.

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

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

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

6. 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) Oxymoron.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Euphemism.
(d) Imagery.

7. What does "shéer plód" mean (line 12)?
(a) Clumsy and random movement.
(b) Slow, boring, repetitive work.
(c) A heavy feeling of apathy.
(d) Keen and attentive determination.

8. Who is the author of "The Windhover"?
(a) Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
(b) Gerard Manley Hopkins.
(c) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(d) Christina Rossetti.

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

10. Which word is enjambed at the end of line 1 and the beginning of line 2?
(a) Morning.
(b) Minion.
(c) Daylight.
(d) Kingdom.

11. Where is the volta of "The Windhover"?
(a) Between lines 11 and 12.
(b) Between lines 4 and 5.
(c) Between lines 8 and 9.
(d) Between lines 12 and 13.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What would it mean to have "Rebuffed the big wind" (line 7)?

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

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

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

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