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

2. What does the phrase "swaying mass" refer to (line 12)?
(a) The ship.
(b) The flag.
(c) The crowd.
(d) The captain.

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

4. In context, the literal meaning of the word "rack" in line two is which of the following?
(a) Battle or confrontation.
(b) A metal rod used for hanging things.
(c) A thorough sorting or sifting.
(d) Storm or upheaval.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By which other term, besides "Captain," does the speaker address the captain of the ship?

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

3. Line 5, " But O heart! heart! heart!" is an example of which technique?

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

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

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