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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) Alliteration.
(b) Sibilance.
(c) Assonance.
(d) Cacophony.

2. Line 5, " But O heart! heart! heart!" is an example of which technique?
(a) Paradox.
(b) Apostrophe.
(c) Aphorism.
(d) Euphemism.

3. 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) A measurement of the speed a ship is traveling.
(d) The central and largest sail on a three-masted ship.

4. Which term describes the poem's repeated use of the phrases "O Captain! My Captain!" (lines 1 and 9) and "fallen cold and dead" (lines 8, 16, and 24)?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Refrain.
(c) Verse.
(d) Chorus.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which is the best interpretation of line 9, when the speaker urges "O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells"?

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

4. What is the most common type of metrical foot in "O Captain! My Captain!"?

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

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