O Captain! My Captain!

In line 2, what is the meaning of "weather'd every rack"? 

• Championed every cause
• Survived every hardship
• Healed every injury
• Lived through every fight 

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Which serves as the strongest evidence that the speaker feels affection for the poem's subject? 

• The speaker addresses the subject directly
• The speaker describes the "bleeding drops of red"
• The speaker refers to the captain as "dear father"
• The speaker uses imagery to appeal to sight and sound

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Who does the captain in the poem symbolize? 

• George Washington
• Abraham Lincoln
• Donald Trump
• Captain Jack Sparrow

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What does the ship in the poem symbolize? 

• Nothing, it's just a ship
• The world
• The United States
• Life

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"O Captain! My Captain!"is an extended (implied) metaphor about that topic?

• The death of a great naval captain.
• The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln
• The assassination of a great leader during the Civil War.

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Why are the poeple "all exulting?"

• The Captian was a tyrant who they all wanted dead.
• The people are celebrating the long life of the Captain.
• The people are joyous that the war is over; the confederate army has surrendered. 

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The "fearful trip" mentioned in line 1 is a reference to

• Abraham Lincoln's assassination
• The Civil War and conflict over slavery
• American falling apart since Lincoln is gone

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The tone in the third stanza of "O Captian! My Captain" is best described as

• Sarcastic
• Mournful
• Resentful

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The poem is addressed to

• a group of sailors
• the Captain
• Whitman
• the ocean

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You can infer that Whitman

• feels great love and respect for the Captain
• is angry at the Captain
• wishes he had been appointed as captain
• knew the Captain very well

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