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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. In the second quatrain of the second stanza, what becomes clear about the speaker's state of mind?
(a) He hopes to hide the captain's death from the crowd.
(b) He has not fully accepted the captain's death.
(c) He is actually asleep and only dreaming of the captain's death.
(d) He is afraid that he is in some way responsible for the captain's death.

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

3. Line 6, "O the bleeding drops of red," is an example of which technique?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Conceit.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In context, the literal meaning of the word "rack" in line two is which of the following?

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

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

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

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