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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 is a "chevalier" (line 11)?
(a) A knight.
(b) A bird.
(c) A falconer.
(d) A horse.
2. Who is the author of "The Windhover"?
(a) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(b) Gerard Manley Hopkins.
(c) Christina Rossetti.
(d) Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
3. What technique is employed in the line 9 phrase "oh, air, pride, plume, here"?
(a) Asyndeton.
(b) Antithesis.
(c) Atanaclasis.
(d) Anaphora.
4. What is "sillion" (line 12)?
(a) A type of soil.
(b) Sunshine.
(c) An uncountable amount.
(d) The sparkling of a diamond.
5. Which word is enjambed at the end of line 1 and the beginning of line 2?
(a) Morning.
(b) Daylight.
(c) Minion.
(d) Kingdom.
Short Answer Questions
1. What type of rhyme is seen in the poem's "B" lines"?
2. What is the common name of the titular bird?
3. In lines 2-3, "in his riding/ Of the rolling level underneath him steady air," which word tells what the bird is "riding"?
4. What does the word "wimpling" literally mean in the context of line 4?
5. To whom is the poem dedicated?
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