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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. What is the most common type of metrical foot in "O Captain! My Captain!"?
(a) The iamb.
(b) The trochee.
(c) The spondee.
(d) The dactyl.

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

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

4. 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)?
(a) Refrain.
(b) Chorus.
(c) Verse.
(d) Conceit.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the phrase "swaying mass" refer to (line 12)?

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

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