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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. Line 6, "O the bleeding drops of red," is an example of which technique?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Imagery.

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

3. What is a "keel" (line 4)?
(a) A part of a ship's steering mechanism, found at the back of the ship.
(b) A flat structure at the bottom of a ship, designed to add stability.
(c) A measurement of the speed a ship is traveling.
(d) The central and largest sail on a three-masted ship.

4. Where is the ship in the beginning of the poem?
(a) Docked in the port.
(b) Just leaving the port.
(c) On the open sea.
(d) Just coming into port.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The list of ways the crowd is celebrating the arrival of the ship in lines 9-12 is an example of which technique?

2. What is the rhyme pattern of the first four lines of each stanza?

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

4. What is the most common type of metrical foot in "O Captain! My Captain!"?

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

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