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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where is the volta of "The Windhover"?
2. What is a "chevalier" (line 11)?
3. What does "shéer plód" mean (line 12)?
4. Between which lines does the poem use "light rhyme"?
5. In lines 5 and 6, what is the bird's motion compared to?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the meaning of the simile contained in lines 6 and 7: " As a skate's heel sweeps smooth on a bow-bend: the hurl and gliding/ Rebuffed the big wind"?
2. What Christian paradox is expressed when the speaker refers to the bird as both a "minion" and a "dauphin" (lines 1-2)?
3. Describe the poetic form of "The Windhover."
4. How do the images in the last three lines support the idea that there is "no wonder" in the kestrel's fight (line 9)?
5. What are the literal and figurative meanings of the poem's references to a "dauphin" and a "chevalier"?
6. What is the relationship of the expression "in his riding/ Of the rolling level underneath him steady air" (lines 2-3) to the later reference to "the rein of a wimpling wing" (line 4)?
7. What is a "windhover," and what characteristic of its flight is focused on in this poem?
8. What makes a creature like the windhover an appropriate symbol for Christ?
9. Describe the relationship of the content in the poem's final six lines to the content in lines 1-8.
10. In "The Windhover," who is speaking, and what moves him to speak?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that analyzes the symbol of the kestrel in "The Windhover." Support your observations with both quoted and paraphrased evidence from "The Windhover." If you consult outside sources, be sure to credit these in MLA format.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that analyzes how Hopkins's experiences during his training as a Jesuit are reflected in the theme of "The Windhover." Describe his struggles during this period of his life and how he reconciled his experiences with his theology. Then, offer an analysis of theme that is clearly tied to Hopkins's experiences. Support your observations with both quoted and paraphrased evidence from "The Windhover." Be sure to credit your sources in MLA format.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you make and defend a claim about the purpose of the repetitions of sound in "The Windhover." Consider how rhyme, alliteration, and assonance are all forms of repeated sound, and that these may aid Hopkins in creating both effects and meanings. Support your observations with both quoted and paraphrased evidence from "The Windhover." If you consult outside sources, be sure to credit these in MLA format.
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