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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) Identical rhyme.
(b) Near rhyme.
(c) Internal rhyme.
(d) Eye rhyme.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most common type of metrical foot in "O Captain! My Captain!"?

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

3. What is a "keel" (line 4)?

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

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

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