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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 sailor.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A writer.

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

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

4. What is the most accurate way to describe the poem's stanza form?
(a) Double quatrain.
(b) Sestet.
(c) Double tercet.
(d) Octave.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. The poem's title and first line contain an example of which technique?

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

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