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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. What does it mean that the people are "exulting"?
(a) They are cheering excitedly.
(b) They are drinking and celebrating.
(c) They are crying out in grief.
(d) They are quietly watchful.

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

3. By which other term, besides "Captain," does the speaker address the captain of the ship?
(a) Brother.
(b) Master.
(c) Leader.
(d) Father.

4. Who is the speaker of the poem?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A writer.
(c) A sailor.
(d) A soldier.

5. What type of rhyme is employed in line 20, "From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won"?
(a) Internal rhyme.
(b) Eye rhyme.
(c) Near rhyme.
(d) Identical rhyme.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which details in the second stanza evoke a patriotic occasion?

2. What is a "keel" (line 4)?

3. The list of ways the crowd is celebrating the arrival of the ship in lines 9-12 is an example of which technique?

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

5. What feature of the Captain's face does line 17 focus on?

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