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

3. What is a "keel" (line 4)?
(a) A flat structure at the bottom of a ship, designed to add stability.
(b) A part of a ship's steering mechanism, found at the back of the ship.
(c) A measurement of the speed a ship is traveling.
(d) The central and largest sail on a three-masted ship.

4. What feature of the Captain's face does line 17 focus on?
(a) His mouth.
(b) His chin.
(c) His brow.
(d) His eyes.

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

6. Which technique is evident in line 10, "Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills"?
(a) Antithesis.
(b) Antimetabole.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Antistrophe.

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

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

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

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

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

12. In context, the word "fearful" in line 1 indicates that the trip was which of the following?
(a) The cause of the captain's death.
(b) A bad idea from the beginning.
(c) Full of frightening obstacles.
(d) A metaphor for an internal struggle.

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

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

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