WorksheetsO Captain My Captain
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 7mins
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1.
"O Captain! My Captain!" was written just after the end of the Civil War. The speaker's description of a captain who dies most likely refers to
a)
Walt Whitman
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Robert E. Lee
2.
What does the phrase "the prize we sought is won" refer to?
a)
President Lincoln's death
b)
winning the Civil War
c)
discovery of a treasure
d)
the ship's arrival in port
3.
One extended metaphor in the poem is the comparison of
a)
a journey to a ship's deck.
b)
a ship to the country.
c)
a captain to a ship.
d)
a captain to a victory.
4.
What does the ship in the poem symbolize?
a)
Nothing, it's just a ship
b)
The world
c)
The United States
d)
Life
5.
This is stern, depressing, or unpleasant.
a)
victor
b)
rack
c)
irony
d)
grim
6.
This means the winner.
a)
victor
b)
rack
c)
exulting
d)
irony
7.
Which word means rejoicing?
a)
near-rhyme
b)
victor
c)
exulting
d)
trill
8.
The repetition of the phrase "fallen cold and dead" emphasizes
a)
the importance of the death to the speaker.
b)
the speaker's lack of feeling about the death.
c)
the insensitivity of the victory celebration.
d)
the deaths of soldiers during the war.
9.
The tone in the third stanza of "O Captian! My Captain" is best described as
a)
Sarcastic
b)
Mournful
c)
Resentful
10.
To emphasize a sorrowful tone, Whitman contrasts the narrator's grief with the
a)
joy of the crowd.
b)
sorrow of the crowd.
c)
bright sunny day.
d)
beauty of the flowers.
11.
Define tone as it relates to poetry :
a)
Vocal pitch
b)
Speaker's/author's attitude about their subject
c)
Words that create mental pictures
d)
Direct description of elements in the poem
12.
Which serves as the strongest evidence that the speaker feels affection for the poem's subject?
a)
The speaker addresses the subject directly
b)
The speaker describes the "bleeding drops of red"
c)
The speaker refers to the captain as "dear father"
d)
The speaker uses imagery to appeal to sight and sound
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