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

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

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

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

5. Which is the best interpretation of line 9, when the speaker urges "O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells"?
(a) The speaker realizes that the captain is not actually dead yet.
(b) The speaker is addressing the captain's spirit or ghost.
(c) The speaker is having trouble accepting what has happened.
(d) The speaker is not yet aware that the captain has died.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is the speaker of the poem?

5. By which other term, besides "Captain," does the speaker address the captain of the ship?

(see the answer key)

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