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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does it mean that the people are "exulting"?

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