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Question 1

Read these lines from Whitman’s "O Captain! My Captain!". But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. Which line from Lincoln’s "Gettysburg Address" appeals to the audience’s emotions in a similar way?

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A: We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that this nation might live.

Question 2

Read these lines from Whitman's "O Captain! My Captain!." Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. What is the speaker referring to?

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C: Abraham Lincoln has tragically died.

Question 3

Which statement best describes the significance of comparing Lincoln’s death to the death of a captain on his ship in "O Captain! My Captain!"?

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B: When a ship captain dies, it is a tragedy, because he is the leader of the boat, just as Lincoln was the leader of the country.

Question 4

Which extended metaphor does Whitman use throughout "O Captain! My Captain!?"

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D: Whitman compares Lincoln to a ship captain.

Question 5

Read these lines from "O Captain! My Captain!". O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells; Rise up – for you the flag is flung – for you the bugle trills; For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths – for you the shores a-crowding; For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; What is the speaker referring to in these lines?

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B: The people of the country are celebrating Lincoln’s victory.

Question 6

Read this line from "O Captain! My Captain!". O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done; What does “our fearful trip is done” refer to?

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C: the end of the war

Question 7

Read these lines from "O Captain! My Captain!". O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. How does Whitman use the extended metaphor to refer to Lincoln’s death?

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A: Whitman compares Lincoln’s tragic death to a captain lying dead on the deck of his ship.

Question 8

Read this line from "O Captain! My Captain!". The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won; What does “the prize we sought is won” refer to?

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D: The North has won the Civil War.

Question 9

Read these excerpts. Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address." It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. Whitman's "O Captain! My Captain!". Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells! But I, with mournful tread, Walk the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. Which rhetorical appeal do both excerpts use?

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A: pathos: the use of emotional appeals to affect the audience’s feelings

Question 10

Read this excerpt from Lincoln’s "The Gettysburg Address." But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate – we cannot consecrate – we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. Which line from Whitman’s "O Captain! My Captain!" appeals to the audience's emotions in a similar way?

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B: My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;

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