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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What device is evident in line 10's "the fire that breaks from thee then"?
2. In lines 10 and 11, the speaker says that the fire "that breaks from thee" is a billion times "lovelier" and more what?
3. Who is being referred to in line 10's "thee"?
4. In line 5, what does the speaker claim the bird is feeling?
5. What is the bird the "dauphin" of (line 2)?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the poetic form of "The Windhover."
2. What is the relationship of the expression "in his riding/ Of the rolling level underneath him steady air" (lines 2-3) to the later reference to "the rein of a wimpling wing" (line 4)?
3. In "The Windhover," who is speaking, and what moves him to speak?
4. What Christian paradox is expressed when the speaker refers to the bird as both a "minion" and a "dauphin" (lines 1-2)?
5. What is the meaning of the simile contained in lines 6 and 7: " As a skate's heel sweeps smooth on a bow-bend: the hurl and gliding/ Rebuffed the big wind"?
6. What is a "windhover," and what characteristic of its flight is focused on in this poem?
7. Describe the relationship of the content in the poem's final six lines to the content in lines 1-8.
8. How do the images in the last three lines support the idea that there is "no wonder" in the kestrel's fight (line 9)?
9. What are the literal and figurative meanings of the poem's references to a "dauphin" and a "chevalier"?
10. What makes a creature like the windhover an appropriate symbol for Christ?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that analyzes how Hopkins's devotion to Ignation practices is reflected in two of his sonnets. Describe the Ignation practices he engaged in, explain how these translate into the world of literature, and then offer an analytical reading of two of Hopkins's sonnets that supports your claims. Support your observations with both quoted and paraphrased evidence from the poems. Be sure to credit your sources in MLA format.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that analyzes the significance of the chivalric diction and imagery in "The Windhover." Support your observations with both quoted and paraphrased evidence from "The Windhover." If you consult outside sources, be sure to credit these in MLA format.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that analyzes how Hopkins's ideas about "inscape" and "instress" are reflected in "The Windhover." Define these terms clearly and then make a clear claim about how the poem exemplifies the poet's concern with both ideas. Support your observations with both quoted and paraphrased evidence from "The Windhover." If you consult outside sources, be sure to credit these in MLA format.
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