Question
O Captain! My Captain! Selection Test
Read the selection on the left, and choose the best answer for each question on the right.
O Captain! My Captain!
6
Multiple Answer
1 point
Choose two correct answers.
Select the two phrases that most likely reflect what the extended metaphor of the ship represents in the poem.
Peace after war
Victory in battle
Lincoln's life
The White House
The United States
Read the selection on the left, and choose the best answer for each question on the right.
O Captain! My Captain!
6
Multiple Answer
1 point
Choose two correct answers.
Select the two phrases that most likely reflect what the extended metaphor of the ship represents in the poem.
Peace after war
Victory in battle
Lincoln's life
The White House
The United States
Answers
GPT-4o mini
In Walt Whitman's poem "O Captain! My Captain!", the ship is an extended metaphor that represents the United States. Therefore, the two phrases that most likely reflect what the extended metaphor of the ship represents are:
- The United States
- Victory in battle (since it symbolizes the culmination of the Civil War and the resultant peace and unity)
So the correct answers are:
- Victory in battle
- The United States
- The United States
- Victory in battle (since it symbolizes the culmination of the Civil War and the resultant peace and unity)
So the correct answers are:
- Victory in battle
- The United States