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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) Ecstasy.
(c) Pride.
(d) Awe.

2. What is the bird the "dauphin" of (line 2)?
(a) Flight.
(b) The air.
(c) Daylight.
(d) The dawn.

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

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

5. What is a "chevalier" (line 11)?
(a) A horse.
(b) A bird.
(c) A falconer.
(d) A knight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the common name of the titular bird?

2. In lines 5 and 6, what is the bird's motion compared to?

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

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

5. To whom is the poem dedicated?

(see the answer key)

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