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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. In context, the word "fearful" in line 1 indicates that the trip was which of the following?
(a) The cause of the captain's death.
(b) Full of frightening obstacles.
(c) A bad idea from the beginning.
(d) A metaphor for an internal struggle.

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

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

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

5. Which details in the second stanza evoke a patriotic occasion?
(a) The crowd and the shore.
(b) The bouquets and wreaths.
(c) The captain and the bells.
(d) The flag and bugle.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What type of rhyme is employed in line 20, "From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won"?

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

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