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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 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) Accumulation.
(d) Periphrasis.

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

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

4. What does it mean that the people are "exulting"?
(a) They are quietly watchful.
(b) They are drinking and celebrating.
(c) They are cheering excitedly.
(d) They are crying out in grief.

5. By which other term, besides "Captain," does the speaker address the captain of the ship?
(a) Father.
(b) Master.
(c) Leader.
(d) Brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most accurate way to describe the poem's stanza form?

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

3. 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)?

4. What is the rhyme pattern of the first four lines of each stanza?

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

(see the answer key)

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