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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) Personification.
(b) Apostrophe.
(c) Synechdoche.
(d) Simile.

2. Which is the best interpretation of line 9, when the speaker urges "O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells"?
(a) The speaker is not yet aware that the captain has died.
(b) The speaker is addressing the captain's spirit or ghost.
(c) The speaker realizes that the captain is not actually dead yet.
(d) The speaker is having trouble accepting what has happened.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The list of ways the crowd is celebrating the arrival of the ship in lines 9-12 is an example of which technique?

2. Where is the ship in the beginning of the poem?

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

4. Who is the author of "O Captain! my Captain!"?

5. Which term describes the poem's repeated use of the phrases "O Captain! My Captain!" (lines 1 and 9) and "fallen cold and dead" (lines 8, 16, and 24)?

(see the answer key)

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