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

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

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

4. What is the rhyme pattern of the first four lines of each stanza?
(a) ABBA.
(b) ABAC.
(c) AABB.
(d) ABCB.

5. 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) Eye rhyme.
(d) Near rhyme.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feature of the Captain's face does line 17 focus on?

2. Who is the author of "O Captain! my Captain!"?

3. Which is the best interpretation of line 9, when the speaker urges "O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells"?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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