View a FREE sample

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. By which other term, besides "Captain," does the speaker address the captain of the ship?
(a) Master.
(b) Father.
(c) Leader.
(d) Brother.

2. Line 4, "While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring," contains examples of which techniques?
(a) Personification and simile.
(b) Simie and alliteration.
(c) Alliteration and synecdoche.
(d) Synecdoche and personification.

3. In the second quatrain of the second stanza, what becomes clear about the speaker's state of mind?
(a) He hopes to hide the captain's death from the crowd.
(b) He is afraid that he is in some way responsible for the captain's death.
(c) He is actually asleep and only dreaming of the captain's death.
(d) He has not fully accepted the captain's death.

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

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

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

4. What does the phrase "swaying mass" refer to (line 12)?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 314 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample