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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. The poem's title and first line contain an example of which technique?
(a) Personification.
(b) Synechdoche.
(c) Simile.
(d) Apostrophe.

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

3. Which technique is evident in line 10, "Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills"?
(a) Anaphora.
(b) Antimetabole.
(c) Antistrophe.
(d) Antithesis.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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