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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does it mean that the people are "exulting"?

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

4. What is the most accurate way to describe the poem's stanza form?

5. Which technique is evident in line 10, "Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills"?

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