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

2. What is the most accurate way to describe the poem's stanza form?
(a) Octave.
(b) Double tercet.
(c) Double quatrain.
(d) Sestet.

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 is a "keel" (line 4)?
(a) The central and largest sail on a three-masted ship.
(b) A flat structure at the bottom of a ship, designed to add stability.
(c) A measurement of the speed a ship is traveling.
(d) A part of a ship's steering mechanism, found at the back of the ship.

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) Paraprosdokian.
(b) Understatement.
(c) Periphrasis.
(d) Accumulation.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where is the ship in the beginning of the poem?

4. Who is the speaker of the poem?

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

(see the answer key)

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