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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 "shéer plód" mean (line 12)?
(a) Keen and attentive determination.
(b) Slow, boring, repetitive work.
(c) Clumsy and random movement.
(d) A heavy feeling of apathy.

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

3. Which word is enjambed at the end of line 1 and the beginning of line 2?
(a) Daylight.
(b) Kingdom.
(c) Minion.
(d) Morning.

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

5. What is the common name of the titular bird?
(a) Hawk.
(b) Osprey.
(c) Kestrel.
(d) Kite.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word "wimpling" literally mean in the context of line 4?

2. What type of rhyme is seen in the poem's "A" lines?

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

4. To whom is the poem dedicated?

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

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