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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 is the rhyme pattern of the first four lines of each stanza?
(a) ABCB.
(b) ABBA.
(c) AABB.
(d) ABAC.

2. Which is the best interpretation of line 9, when the speaker urges "O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells"?
(a) The speaker is having trouble accepting what has happened.
(b) The speaker is not yet aware that the captain has died.
(c) The speaker is addressing the captain's spirit or ghost.
(d) The speaker realizes that the captain is not actually dead yet.

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

4. Line 6, "O the bleeding drops of red," is an example of which technique?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Metonymy.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Imagery.

5. What does the phrase "swaying mass" refer to (line 12)?
(a) The crowd.
(b) The ship.
(c) The captain.
(d) The flag.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem's title and first line contain an example of which technique?

2. In context, the word "fearful" in line 1 indicates that the trip was which of the following?

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

4. Line 4, "While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring," contains examples of which techniques?

5. By which other term, besides "Captain," does the speaker address the captain of the ship?

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