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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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