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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 technique is evident in line 10, "Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills"?
(a) Antistrophe.
(b) Antimetabole.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Antithesis.

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

3. 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)?
(a) Verse.
(b) Chorus.
(c) Refrain.
(d) Conceit.

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) Personification and simile.
(d) Alliteration and synecdoche.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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