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Section 1: "O Captain! My Captain!" lines 1-24

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

2. What is the most common type of metrical foot in "O Captain! My Captain!"?
(a) The trochee.
(b) The dactyl.
(c) The spondee.
(d) The iamb.

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

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

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

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

7. 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) Full of frightening obstacles.
(c) A bad idea from the beginning.
(d) The cause of the captain's death.

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