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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. 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) Refrain.
(b) Verse.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Chorus.

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

3. Line 4, "While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring," contains examples of which techniques?
(a) Personification and simile.
(b) Simie and alliteration.
(c) Synecdoche and personification.
(d) Alliteration and synecdoche.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem's title and first line contain an example of which technique?

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

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

4. Who is the speaker of the poem?

5. What does the phrase "swaying mass" refer to (line 12)?

(see the answer key)

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