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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does line 10 say "Brute beauty and valour and act, oh, air, pride, plume" do "here" (line 9)?
(a) Buckle.
(b) Break.
(c) Soar.
(d) Stir.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the word "wimpling" literally mean in the context of line 4?

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

4. What device is evident in line 10's "the fire that breaks from thee then"?

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

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