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

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

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

4. Between which lines does the poem use "light rhyme"?
(a) A and B.
(b) B and C.
(c) B and D.
(d) A and C.

5. What type of rhyme is seen in the poem's "B" lines"?
(a) Masculine.
(b) Slant.
(c) Feminine.
(d) Eye.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word "wimpling" literally mean in the context of line 4?

2. What device is evident in line 10's "the fire that breaks from thee then"?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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