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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 device is evident in line 10's "the fire that breaks from thee then"?
2. Who is the author of "The Windhover"?
3. What technique is employed in the line 9 phrase "oh, air, pride, plume, here"?
4. Where is the volta of "The Windhover"?
5. What does "shéer plód" mean (line 12)?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the relationship of the content in the poem's final six lines to the content in lines 1-8.
2. What is a "windhover," and what characteristic of its flight is focused on in this poem?
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 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. 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"?
8. In "The Windhover," who is speaking, and what moves him to speak?
9. What makes a creature like the windhover an appropriate symbol for Christ?
10. What Christian paradox is expressed when the speaker refers to the bird as both a "minion" and a "dauphin" (lines 1-2)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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.
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