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

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

3. The poem's title and first line contain an example of which technique?
(a) Simile.
(b) Apostrophe.
(c) Personification.
(d) Synechdoche.

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

5. What is the most common type of metrical foot in "O Captain! My Captain!"?
(a) The dactyl.
(b) The iamb.
(c) The trochee.
(d) The spondee.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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