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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. What type of rhyme is employed in line 20, "From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won"?
(a) Eye rhyme.
(b) Near rhyme.
(c) Identical rhyme.
(d) Internal rhyme.

2. 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)?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Verse.
(c) Chorus.
(d) Refrain.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is the author of "O Captain! my Captain!"?

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

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

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