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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. The poem's title and first line contain an example of which technique?
(a) Simile.
(b) Apostrophe.
(c) Synechdoche.
(d) Personification.

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

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

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

5. Which technique is evident in the phrase "for you the flag is flung" (line 10)?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Cacophony.
(c) Assonance.
(d) Sibilance.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the second quatrain of the second stanza, what becomes clear about the speaker's state of mind?

3. Which is the best interpretation of line 9, when the speaker urges "O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells"?

4. What is the most accurate way to describe the poem's stanza form?

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

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