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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) Slow, boring, repetitive work.
(b) Keen and attentive determination.
(c) Clumsy and random movement.
(d) A heavy feeling of apathy.

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

3. What is "sillion" (line 12)?
(a) The sparkling of a diamond.
(b) Sunshine.
(c) An uncountable amount.
(d) A type of soil.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In lines 10 and 11, the speaker says that the fire "that breaks from thee" is a billion times "lovelier" and more what?

5. Where is the volta of "The Windhover"?

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