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

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

4. What is a "keel" (line 4)?
(a) A flat structure at the bottom of a ship, designed to add stability.
(b) The central and largest sail on a three-masted ship.
(c) A part of a ship's steering mechanism, found at the back of the ship.
(d) A measurement of the speed a ship is traveling.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Line 6, "O the bleeding drops of red," is an example of which technique?

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

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

4. The list of ways the crowd is celebrating the arrival of the ship in lines 9-12 is an example of which technique?

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

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