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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. Line 4, "While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring," contains examples of which techniques?
(a) Personification and simile.
(b) Alliteration and synecdoche.
(c) Synecdoche and personification.
(d) Simie and alliteration.

2. The list of ways the crowd is celebrating the arrival of the ship in lines 9-12 is an example of which technique?
(a) Paraprosdokian.
(b) Accumulation.
(c) Understatement.
(d) Periphrasis.

3. Who is the speaker of the poem?
(a) A writer.
(b) A soldier.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A sailor.

4. Line 6, "O the bleeding drops of red," is an example of which technique?
(a) Oxymoron.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Imagery.

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) Internal rhyme.
(c) Identical rhyme.
(d) Near rhyme.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the most common type of metrical foot in "O Captain! My Captain!"?

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

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

5. Which details in the second stanza evoke a patriotic occasion?

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