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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. Which is the best interpretation of line 9, when the speaker urges "O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells"?
(a) The speaker is having trouble accepting what has happened.
(b) The speaker realizes that the captain is not actually dead yet.
(c) The speaker is not yet aware that the captain has died.
(d) The speaker is addressing the captain's spirit or ghost.

2. Who is the author of "O Captain! my Captain!"?
(a) William Cullen Bryant.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
(d) Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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

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

5. What feature of the Captain's face does line 17 focus on?
(a) His chin.
(b) His mouth.
(c) His brow.
(d) His eyes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Line 4, "While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring," contains examples of which techniques?

3. Who is the speaker of the poem?

4. The poem's title and first line contain an example of which technique?

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

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