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

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

3. What does the phrase "swaying mass" refer to (line 12)?
(a) The flag.
(b) The crowd.
(c) The captain.
(d) The ship.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Which technique is evident in the phrase "for you the flag is flung" (line 10)?

5. What feature of the Captain's face does line 17 focus on?

(see the answer key)

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