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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "O Captain! My Captain!" lines 1-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the ship in the beginning of the poem?
(a) Just coming into port.
(b) Docked in the port.
(c) Just leaving the port.
(d) On the open sea.

2. Which technique is evident in line 10, "Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills"?
(a) Antithesis.
(b) Antistrophe.
(c) Antimetabole.
(d) Anaphora.

3. Line 4, "While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring," contains examples of which techniques?
(a) Alliteration and synecdoche.
(b) Simie and alliteration.
(c) Personification and simile.
(d) Synecdoche and personification.

4. Which technique is evident in the phrase "for you the flag is flung" (line 10)?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Cacophony.
(c) Sibilance.
(d) Assonance.

5. What feature of the Captain's face does line 17 focus on?
(a) His mouth.
(b) His eyes.
(c) His chin.
(d) His brow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the best interpretation of line 9, when the speaker urges "O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells"?

2. What type of rhyme is employed in line 20, "From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won"?

3. Which term describes the poem's repeated use of the phrases "O Captain! My Captain!" (lines 1 and 9) and "fallen cold and dead" (lines 8, 16, and 24)?

4. What is the rhyme pattern of the first four lines of each stanza?

5. Line 5, " But O heart! heart! heart!" is an example of which technique?

(see the answer key)

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