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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. The poem's title and first line contain an example of which technique?
(a) Simile.
(b) Apostrophe.
(c) Synechdoche.
(d) Personification.

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

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

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

5. What is the rhyme pattern of the first four lines of each stanza?
(a) ABAC.
(b) ABCB.
(c) ABBA.
(d) AABB.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the speaker of the poem?

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

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

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

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

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