The Windhover Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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The Windhover Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 32 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Which techniques are evident in the phrase "dapple-dawn-drawn" (line 2)?

2. Who is the author of "The Windhover"?

3. What is the bird the "dauphin" of (line 2)?

4. In line 5, what does the speaker claim the bird is feeling?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes a creature like the windhover an appropriate symbol for Christ?

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. Describe the relationship of the content in the poem's final six lines to the content in lines 1-8.

4. What are the literal and figurative meanings of the poem's references to a "dauphin" and a "chevalier"?

5. What is a "windhover," and what characteristic of its flight is focused on in this poem?

6. How do the images in the last three lines support the idea that there is "no wonder" in the kestrel's fight (line 9)?

7. What Christian paradox is expressed when the speaker refers to the bird as both a "minion" and a "dauphin" (lines 1-2)?

8. Describe the poetic form of "The Windhover."

9. In "The Windhover," who is speaking, and what moves him to speak?

10. 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"?

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 in which you make and defend a claim about the purpose of the repetitions of sound in "The Windhover." Consider how rhyme, alliteration, and assonance are all forms of repeated sound, and that these may aid Hopkins in creating both effects and meanings. 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 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.

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