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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 does the word "wimpling" literally mean in the context of line 4?
(a) Covering.
(b) Muffling.
(c) Like a nun's habit.
(d) Rippling.

2. What would it mean to have "Rebuffed the big wind" (line 7)?
(a) To have brushed against its force and been knocked back.
(b) To have abruptly and rudely responded to it.
(c) To have used rapid movements to shine or polish it.
(d) To have stood up to and turned away its advance.

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

4. Where is the volta of "The Windhover"?
(a) Between lines 11 and 12.
(b) Between lines 12 and 13.
(c) Between lines 8 and 9.
(d) Between lines 4 and 5.

5. What type of rhyme is seen in the poem's "A" lines?
(a) Feminine.
(b) Eye.
(c) Slant.
(d) Masculine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does line 10 say "Brute beauty and valour and act, oh, air, pride, plume" do "here" (line 9)?

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

4. Who is the author of "The Windhover"?

5. What is the bird the "dauphin" of (line 2)?

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