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

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

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

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

5. 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) The cause of the captain's death.
(d) Full of frightening obstacles.

Short Answer Questions

1. By which other term, besides "Captain," does the speaker address the captain of the ship?

2. Which is the best interpretation of line 9, when the speaker urges "O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells"?

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

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

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

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