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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. Who is the author of "O Captain! my Captain!"?
(a) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(b) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
(c) William Cullen Bryant.
(d) Walt Whitman.

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

3. Which technique is evident in the phrase "for you the flag is flung" (line 10)?
(a) Cacophony.
(b) Sibilance.
(c) Assonance.
(d) Alliteration.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which details in the second stanza evoke a patriotic occasion?

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

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

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

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

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