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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) Antistrophe.
(b) Antimetabole.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Antithesis.

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

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

4. What is the rhyme pattern of the first four lines of each stanza?
(a) ABCB.
(b) ABBA.
(c) ABAC.
(d) AABB.

5. 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) Full of frightening obstacles.
(c) A metaphor for an internal struggle.
(d) A bad idea from the beginning.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem's title and first line contain an example of which technique?

2. What does it mean that the people are "exulting"?

3. Line 4, "While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring," contains examples of which techniques?

4. What is a "keel" (line 4)?

5. Who is the author of "O Captain! my Captain!"?

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