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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) Father.
(b) Leader.
(c) Brother.
(d) Master.

2. 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 is afraid that he is in some way responsible for the captain's death.
(c) He has not fully accepted the captain's death.
(d) He is actually asleep and only dreaming of the captain's death.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which term describes the poem's repeated use of the phrases "O Captain! My Captain!" (lines 1 and 9) and "fallen cold and dead" (lines 8, 16, and 24)?

4. What is a "keel" (line 4)?

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

(see the answer key)

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