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

2. Which technique is evident in line 10, "Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills"?
(a) Antithesis.
(b) Antimetabole.
(c) Antistrophe.
(d) Anaphora.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Line 4, "While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring," contains examples of which techniques?

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

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

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