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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. Who is the author of "O Captain! my Captain!"?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(c) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
(d) William Cullen Bryant.

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

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

4. In context, the word "fearful" in line 1 indicates that the trip was which of the following?
(a) Full of frightening obstacles.
(b) A metaphor for an internal struggle.
(c) A bad idea from the beginning.
(d) The cause of the captain's death.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the second quatrain of the second stanza, what becomes clear about the speaker's state of mind?

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

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

5. Which technique is evident in line 10, "Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills"?

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