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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 type of rhyme is employed in line 20, "From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won"?
(a) Identical rhyme.
(b) Near rhyme.
(c) Eye rhyme.
(d) Internal rhyme.

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

3. By which other term, besides "Captain," does the speaker address the captain of the ship?
(a) Leader.
(b) Master.
(c) Father.
(d) Brother.

4. Line 4, "While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring," contains examples of which techniques?
(a) Synecdoche and personification.
(b) Simie and alliteration.
(c) Alliteration and synecdoche.
(d) Personification and simile.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Line 6, "O the bleeding drops of red," is an example of which technique?

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