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

2. What type of rhyme is employed in line 20, "From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won"?
(a) Internal rhyme.
(b) Near rhyme.
(c) Eye rhyme.
(d) Identical rhyme.

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

4. Who is the speaker of the poem?
(a) A writer.
(b) A sailor.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A doctor.

5. What feature of the Captain's face does line 17 focus on?
(a) His mouth.
(b) His eyes.
(c) His chin.
(d) His brow.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In the second quatrain of the second stanza, what becomes clear about the speaker's state of mind?

5. Where is the ship in the beginning of the poem?

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