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

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

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

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

5. The list of ways the crowd is celebrating the arrival of the ship in lines 9-12 is an example of which technique?
(a) Understatement.
(b) Periphrasis.
(c) Accumulation.
(d) Paraprosdokian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of rhyme is employed in line 20, "From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won"?

2. In context, the word "fearful" in line 1 indicates that the trip was which of the following?

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

4. What is the most accurate way to describe the poem's stanza form?

5. In the second quatrain of the second stanza, what becomes clear about the speaker's state of mind?

(see the answer key)

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