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

2. The list of ways the crowd is celebrating the arrival of the ship in lines 9-12 is an example of which technique?
(a) Understatement.
(b) Accumulation.
(c) Periphrasis.
(d) Paraprosdokian.

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

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

5. What does it mean that the people are "exulting"?
(a) They are drinking and celebrating.
(b) They are crying out in grief.
(c) They are cheering excitedly.
(d) They are quietly watchful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the rhyme pattern of the first four lines of each stanza?

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

3. Which technique is evident in the phrase "for you the flag is flung" (line 10)?

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

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

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