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

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

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

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

5. Line 5, " But O heart! heart! heart!" is an example of which technique?
(a) Apostrophe.
(b) Aphorism.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Euphemism.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In context, the literal meaning of the word "rack" in line two is which of the following?

3. Which technique is evident in line 10, "Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills"?

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

5. What feature of the Captain's face does line 17 focus on?

(see the answer key)

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