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

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

3. 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 realizes that the captain is not actually dead yet.
(d) The speaker is addressing the captain's spirit or ghost.

4. What is the most accurate way to describe the poem's stanza form?
(a) Sestet.
(b) Octave.
(c) Double tercet.
(d) Double quatrain.

5. What is a "keel" (line 4)?
(a) A flat structure at the bottom of a ship, designed to add stability.
(b) A part of a ship's steering mechanism, found at the back of the ship.
(c) The central and largest sail on a three-masted ship.
(d) A measurement of the speed a ship is traveling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the phrase "swaying mass" refer to (line 12)?

2. Who is the author of "O Captain! my Captain!"?

3. Who is the speaker of the poem?

4. In context, the literal meaning of the word "rack" in line two is which of the following?

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

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