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

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

3. What does the phrase "swaying mass" refer to (line 12)?
(a) The flag.
(b) The ship.
(c) The captain.
(d) The crowd.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the speaker of the poem?

3. What is the most common type of metrical foot in "O Captain! My Captain!"?

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

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

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