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

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

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

5. Line 5, " But O heart! heart! heart!" is an example of which technique?
(a) Paradox.
(b) Aphorism.
(c) Euphemism.
(d) Apostrophe.

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

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

8. 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) Accumulation.
(c) Paraprosdokian.
(d) Understatement.

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

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

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

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

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

14. In the second quatrain of the second stanza, what becomes clear about the speaker's state of mind?
(a) He is afraid that he is in some way responsible for 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 actually asleep and only dreaming of the captain's death.

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