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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. In context, the word "fearful" in line 1 indicates that the trip was which of the following?
(a) A bad idea from the beginning.
(b) Full of frightening obstacles.
(c) The cause of the captain's death.
(d) A metaphor for an internal struggle.

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

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

4. What is the most common type of metrical foot in "O Captain! My Captain!"?
(a) The iamb.
(b) The dactyl.
(c) The trochee.
(d) The spondee.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the speaker of the poem?

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

4. Line 5, " But O heart! heart! heart!" is an example of which technique?

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

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