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

2. By which other term, besides "Captain," does the speaker address the captain of the ship?
(a) Brother.
(b) Master.
(c) Father.
(d) Leader.

3. What feature of the Captain's face does line 17 focus on?
(a) His eyes.
(b) His chin.
(c) His mouth.
(d) His brow.

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. What is the most accurate way to describe the poem's stanza form?
(a) Double quatrain.
(b) Sestet.
(c) Octave.
(d) Double tercet.

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. 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. Which technique is evident in the phrase "for you the flag is flung" (line 10)?

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

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