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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. What technique is employed in the line 9 phrase "oh, air, pride, plume, here"?
(a) Antithesis.
(b) Asyndeton.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Atanaclasis.

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

3. What techniques are evident in the phrase "Rebuffed the big wind" (line 7)?
(a) Consonance and assonance.
(b) Personification and consonance.
(c) Assonance and euphony.
(d) Euphony and personification.

4. In line 5, what does the speaker claim the bird is feeling?
(a) Pride.
(b) Ecstasy.
(c) Anticipation.
(d) Awe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of rhyme is seen in the poem's "B" lines"?

2. What does "shéer plód" mean (line 12)?

3. Which word is enjambed at the end of line 1 and the beginning of line 2?

4. In lines 2-3, "in his riding/ Of the rolling level underneath him steady air," which word tells what the bird is "riding"?

5. What is the common name of the titular bird?

(see the answer key)

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