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

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

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 realizes that the captain is not actually dead yet.
(b) The speaker is addressing the captain's spirit or ghost.
(c) The speaker is not yet aware that the captain has died.
(d) The speaker is having trouble accepting what has happened.

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

5. Line 4, "While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring," contains examples of which techniques?
(a) Synecdoche and personification.
(b) Alliteration and synecdoche.
(c) Personification and simile.
(d) Simie and alliteration.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does it mean that the people are "exulting"?

3. Who is the speaker of the poem?

4. What is the most accurate way to describe the poem's stanza form?

5. What type of rhyme is employed in line 20, "From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won"?

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