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

2. In the second quatrain of the second stanza, what becomes clear about the speaker's state of mind?
(a) He is actually asleep and only dreaming of the captain's death.
(b) He hopes to hide the captain's death from the crowd.
(c) He has not fully accepted the captain's death.
(d) He is afraid that he is in some way responsible for the captain's death.

3. Line 6, "O the bleeding drops of red," is an example of which technique?
(a) Oxymoron.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Imagery.
(d) Metonymy.

4. Where is the ship in the beginning of the poem?
(a) On the open sea.
(b) Docked in the port.
(c) Just coming into port.
(d) Just leaving the port.

5. What type of rhyme is employed in line 20, "From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won"?
(a) Eye rhyme.
(b) Identical rhyme.
(c) Internal rhyme.
(d) Near rhyme.

Short Answer 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?

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

3. Who is the speaker of the poem?

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

5. In context, the word "fearful" in line 1 indicates that the trip was which of the following?

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