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

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

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

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

5. In the second quatrain of the second stanza, what becomes clear about the speaker's state of mind?
(a) He hopes to hide the captain's death from the crowd.
(b) He is afraid that he is in some way responsible for the captain's death.
(c) He has not fully accepted the captain's death.
(d) He is actually asleep and only dreaming of the captain's death.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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)?

3. What does the phrase "swaying mass" refer to (line 12)?

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

5. In context, the literal meaning of the word "rack" in line two is which of the following?

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