2. In the second quatrain of the second stanza, what becomes clear about the speaker's state of mind?
(a) He is actually asleep and only dreaming of the captain's death.
(b) He hopes to hide the captain's death from the crowd.
(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.

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

4. 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)?
(a) Chorus.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Verse.
(d) Refrain.

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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 having trouble accepting what has happened.
(b) The speaker realizes that the captain is not actually dead yet.
(c) The speaker is not yet aware that the captain has died.
(d) The speaker is addressing the captain's spirit or ghost.

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

12. By which other term, besides "Captain," does the speaker address the captain of the ship?
(a) Brother.
(b) Leader.
(c) Father.
(d) Master.

13. In context, the literal meaning of the word "rack" in line two is which of the following?
(a) Battle or confrontation.
(b) Storm or upheaval.
(c) A metal rod used for hanging things.
(d) A thorough sorting or sifting.

14. Which details in the second stanza evoke a patriotic occasion?
(a) The flag and bugle.
(b) The crowd and the shore.
(c) The bouquets and wreaths.
(d) The captain and the bells.

15. What is the most accurate way to describe the poem's stanza form?
(a) Octave.
(b) Double quatrain.
(c) Sestet.
(d) Double tercet.