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

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

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

4. Which is the best interpretation of line 9, when the speaker urges "O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells"?
(a) The speaker is addressing the captain's spirit or ghost.
(b) The speaker realizes that the captain is not actually dead yet.
(c) The speaker is not yet aware that the captain has died.
(d) The speaker is having trouble accepting what has happened.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By which other term, besides "Captain," does the speaker address the captain of the ship?

2. Line 5, " But O heart! heart! heart!" is an example of which technique?

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

4. What is the most accurate way to describe the poem's stanza form?

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

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