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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 techniques are evident in the phrase "Rebuffed the big wind" (line 7)?
3. In lines 2-3, "in his riding/ Of the rolling level underneath him steady air," which word tells what the bird is "riding"?
4. In line 5, what does the speaker claim the bird is feeling?
5. What type of rhyme is seen in the poem's "A" lines?
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 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)?
3. What are the literal and figurative meanings of the poem's references to a "dauphin" and a "chevalier"?
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 Christian paradox is expressed when the speaker refers to the bird as both a "minion" and a "dauphin" (lines 1-2)?
6. Describe the poetic form of "The Windhover."
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 how Hopkins's ideas about "inscape" and "instress" are reflected in "The Windhover." Define these terms clearly and then make a clear claim about how the poem exemplifies the poet's concern with both ideas. 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 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.
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