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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 is a "chevalier" (line 11)?
2. Which techniques are evident in the phrase "dapple-dawn-drawn" (line 2)?
3. To whom is the poem dedicated?
4. What is the common name of the titular bird?
5. What does the word "wimpling" literally mean in the context of line 4?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "The Windhover," who is speaking, and what moves him to speak?
2. What makes a creature like the windhover an appropriate symbol for Christ?
3. Describe the poetic form of "The Windhover."
4. 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"?
5. What Christian paradox is expressed when the speaker refers to the bird as both a "minion" and a "dauphin" (lines 1-2)?
6. What are the literal and figurative meanings of the poem's references to a "dauphin" and a "chevalier"?
7. What is a "windhover," and what characteristic of its flight is focused on in this poem?
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 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)?
10. Describe the relationship of the content in the poem's final six lines to the content in lines 1-8.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that explicates the various techniques that "The Windhover" uses to convey motion. 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 2
Write an essay that analyzes the tone of "The Windhover." Describe this tone, provide evidence supporting your interpretation, and then tie this tone to the poem's larger meaning. 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 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.
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