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

3. What technique is employed in the poem's final two lines, "blue-bleak embers, ah my dear/ Fall, gall themselves, and gash gold-vermilion"?
(a) Oxymoron.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Euphemism.

4. To whom is the poem dedicated?
(a) The poet's spouse.
(b) Christ.
(c) A Victorian minister.
(d) Matthew Arnold.

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

6. Which word is enjambed at the end of line 1 and the beginning of line 2?
(a) Morning.
(b) Kingdom.
(c) Daylight.
(d) Minion.

7. What would it mean to have "Rebuffed the big wind" (line 7)?
(a) To have abruptly and rudely responded to it.
(b) To have used rapid movements to shine or polish it.
(c) To have brushed against its force and been knocked back.
(d) To have stood up to and turned away its advance.

8. 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.

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

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

11. What is the common name of the titular bird?
(a) Kite.
(b) Osprey.
(c) Hawk.
(d) Kestrel.

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

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

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

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