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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem's title and first line contain an example of which technique?

2. By which other term, besides "Captain," does the speaker address the captain of the ship?

3. Who is the speaker of the poem?

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

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

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