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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. In lines 10 and 11, the speaker says that the fire "that breaks from thee" is a billion times "lovelier" and more what?
2. In lines 2-3, "in his riding/ Of the rolling level underneath him steady air," which word tells what the bird is "riding"?
3. Which techniques are evident in the phrase "dapple-dawn-drawn" (line 2)?
4. What device is evident in line 10's "the fire that breaks from thee then"?
5. Between which lines does the poem use "light rhyme"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the poetic form of "The Windhover."
2. 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"?
3. Describe the relationship of the content in the poem's final six lines to the content in lines 1-8.
4. What are the literal and figurative meanings of the poem's references to a "dauphin" and a "chevalier"?
5. In "The Windhover," who is speaking, and what moves him to speak?
6. What makes a creature like the windhover an appropriate symbol for Christ?
7. What is a "windhover," and what characteristic of its flight is focused on in this poem?
8. 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)?
9. What Christian paradox is expressed when the speaker refers to the bird as both a "minion" and a "dauphin" (lines 1-2)?
10. How do the images in the last three lines support the idea that there is "no wonder" in the kestrel's fight (line 9)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you make and defend a claim about how sprung rhythm helps to create tone 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 Hopkins's use of the sonnet form in "The Windhover." Describe the ways in which he adheres to expectations of the sonnet form and the ways in which he breaks these expectations. Show how his choice of the sonnet form supports meaning and how both his adherence to and departure from expectations add to the significance of his choice of form. 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 3
Write an essay that analyzes the significance of the chivalric diction and imagery 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.
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