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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 does the word "wimpling" literally mean in the context of line 4?
2. What technique is employed in the line 9 phrase "oh, air, pride, plume, here"?
3. What device is evident in line 10's "the fire that breaks from thee then"?
4. What is the common name of the titular bird?
5. What would it mean to have "Rebuffed the big wind" (line 7)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What Christian paradox is expressed when the speaker refers to the bird as both a "minion" and a "dauphin" (lines 1-2)?
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. In "The Windhover," who is speaking, and what moves him to speak?
4. What is a "windhover," and what characteristic of its flight is focused on in this poem?
5. 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)?
6. What are the literal and figurative meanings of the poem's references to a "dauphin" and a "chevalier"?
7. Describe the poetic form of "The Windhover."
8. Describe the relationship of the content in the poem's final six lines to the content in lines 1-8.
9. How do the images in the last three lines support the idea that there is "no wonder" in the kestrel's fight (line 9)?
10. What makes a creature like the windhover an appropriate symbol for Christ?
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 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 3
Write an essay that analyzes the tone of "The Windhover." Describe this tone, provide evidence supporting your interpretation, and then tie this tone to the poem's larger meaning. 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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