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

2. Who is the author of "The Windhover"?
(a) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(b) Gerard Manley Hopkins.
(c) Christina Rossetti.
(d) Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

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

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

5. In lines 2-3, "in his riding/ Of the rolling level underneath him steady air," which word tells what the bird is "riding"?
(a) "Him."
(b) "Air."
(c) "Level."
(d) "Rolling."

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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