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

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

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

4. What does it mean that the people are "exulting"?
(a) They are cheering excitedly.
(b) They are crying out in grief.
(c) They are quietly watchful.
(d) They are drinking and celebrating.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

4. In context, the word "fearful" in line 1 indicates that the trip was which of the following?

5. Who is the speaker of the poem?

(see the answer key)

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