Gettysburg and Captain Review

This week's pieces of literature were...

• The Gettysburg Address and Narrative of Frederick Douglass

• Narrative of Frederick Douglass and the Spirituals

• O Captain, My Captain and the Spirituals

• The Gettysburg Address and O Captain, My Captain

Who is the author of The Gettysburg Address?

• Edward Everett

• Frederick Douglass

• Abraham Lincoln

• Anonymous

Which is not true about the Gettysburg Address?

• 3 paragraphs, and took 2 minutes to recite

• Lincoln accidentally mentioned the Revolutionary War instead of the Civil War

• Edward Everett praised Lincoln for his speech

• It is one of the most quoted pieces of literature in our nation's history

What did Lincoln mean when he said the country has "unfinished work"?

• Rebuild the country and truly abolish slavery

• Get back to their every day jobs

• Begin a new war with the south

• Establish better trade with Europe

How did Lincoln structure his writing in The Gettysburg Address?

• Future, Present, Past

• Present, Past, Future

• Past, Present, Future

• No structure

Who wrote "O Captain, My Captain"?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Walt Whitman

• Winston Churchill

• Frederick Douglass

What about Lincoln inspired Whitman to write "O Captain, My Captain"?

• His tired face

• His walking with a cane

• His love for sailing

• His hatred towards the President

What type of figurative language is the following line?

"O heart! heart! heart!"

• simile

• imagery

• personificiation

• repetition

"O Captain, My Captain" is...

• an acrostic, written to mourn someone

• a confessional, written to honor someone

• an elegy, written to mourn someone

• a haiku, written to honor someone

The stanzas in "O Captain, My Captain" are written in the shape of...

• an anchor

• a flag

• a mast

• a ship