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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. Who is the speaker of the poem?
(a) A sailor.
(b) A soldier.
(c) A writer.
(d) A doctor.

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

3. Where is the ship in the beginning of the poem?
(a) On the open sea.
(b) Just leaving the port.
(c) Docked in the port.
(d) Just coming into port.

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

5. What is a "keel" (line 4)?
(a) The central and largest sail on a three-masted ship.
(b) A flat structure at the bottom of a ship, designed to add stability.
(c) A part of a ship's steering mechanism, found at the back of the ship.
(d) A measurement of the speed a ship is traveling.

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

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

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

5. What is the rhyme pattern of the first four lines of each stanza?

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