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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. The list of ways the crowd is celebrating the arrival of the ship in lines 9-12 is an example of which technique?
(a) Periphrasis.
(b) Paraprosdokian.
(c) Accumulation.
(d) Understatement.

2. Which details in the second stanza evoke a patriotic occasion?
(a) The crowd and the shore.
(b) The captain and the bells.
(c) The bouquets and wreaths.
(d) The flag and bugle.

3. What is the most common type of metrical foot in "O Captain! My Captain!"?
(a) The iamb.
(b) The dactyl.
(c) The spondee.
(d) The trochee.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which technique is evident in the phrase "for you the flag is flung" (line 10)?

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

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

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