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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What would it mean to have "Rebuffed the big wind" (line 7)?

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

(see the answer key)

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