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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the word "wimpling" literally mean in the context of line 4?
(a) Covering.
(b) Like a nun's habit.
(c) Muffling.
(d) Rippling.

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

4. 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) Sanctified.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Hypnotic.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Between which lines does the poem use "light rhyme"?

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

4. What does line 10 say "Brute beauty and valour and act, oh, air, pride, plume" do "here" (line 9)?

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

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