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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "The Windhover," lines 1-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is being referred to in line 10's "thee"?
(a) Christ.
(b) The speaker.
(c) The air.
(d) The windhover.

2. In lines 5 and 6, what is the bird's motion compared to?
(a) An arrow.
(b) An ice skater.
(c) A ball being thrown.
(d) A swing.

3. What device is evident in line 10's "the fire that breaks from thee then"?
(a) Apostrophe.
(b) Verbal irony.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Personification.

4. In lines 10 and 11, the speaker says that the fire "that breaks from thee" is a billion times "lovelier" and more what?
(a) Sanctified.
(b) Rapturous.
(c) Hypnotic.
(d) Dangerous.

5. Who is the author of "The Windhover"?
(a) Gerard Manley Hopkins.
(b) Christina Rossetti.
(c) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(d) Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a "chevalier" (line 11)?

2. In line 5, what does the speaker claim the bird is feeling?

3. What is "sillion" (line 12)?

4. Between which lines does the poem use "light rhyme"?

5. What technique is employed in the line 9 phrase "oh, air, pride, plume, here"?

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