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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. 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 addressing the captain's spirit or ghost.
(d) The speaker is not yet aware that the captain has died.

2. 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) Eye rhyme.
(d) Near rhyme.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What feature of the Captain's face does line 17 focus on?

2. What is the most common type of metrical foot in "O Captain! My Captain!"?

3. What is the rhyme pattern of the first four lines of each stanza?

4. Which details in the second stanza evoke a patriotic occasion?

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

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