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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. What is the bird the "dauphin" of (line 2)?
2. What is the common name of the titular bird?
3. What technique is employed in the line 9 phrase "oh, air, pride, plume, here"?
4. To whom is the poem dedicated?
5. What techniques are evident in the phrase "Rebuffed the big wind" (line 7)?
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. In "The Windhover," who is speaking, and what moves him to speak?
3. What is a "windhover," and what characteristic of its flight is focused on in this poem?
4. What Christian paradox is expressed when the speaker refers to the bird as both a "minion" and a "dauphin" (lines 1-2)?
5. How do the images in the last three lines support the idea that there is "no wonder" in the kestrel's fight (line 9)?
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 are the literal and figurative meanings of the poem's references to a "dauphin" and a "chevalier"?
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. Describe the poetic form of "The Windhover."
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that explicates the various techniques that "The Windhover" uses to convey motion. 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 that analyzes how Hopkins's devotion to Ignation practices is reflected in two of his sonnets. Describe the Ignation practices he engaged in, explain how these translate into the world of literature, and then offer an analytical reading of two of Hopkins's sonnets that supports your claims. Support your observations with both quoted and paraphrased evidence from the poems. Be sure to credit your sources in MLA format.
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