Wild Nights — Wild Nights! Quizzes

Wild Nights — Wild Nights! Quiz

1 What is the poem's central topic?

The Civil War

Puritan values

Romantic passion

Shipbuilding
2 What image from nature does the poem utilize?

A beehive

An erupting volcano

The ocean

A blizzard
3 Who discovered Dickinson's poems after her death?

Samuel Bowles

Austin Dickinson

Susan Gilbert

Lavinia Dickinson
4 Where did Dickinson's poems NOT appear in her lifetime?

The Amherst Review

Springfield Republican

Brooklyn Daily Union

Drum Beat
5 Which of these lines contains alliteration?

"Wild nights - Wild nights!"

"Might I but moor - tonight -"

"Futile - the winds -"

"Done with the Chart!"
6 Which of the following structural features does Dickinson make frequent use of in the poem?

Dashes

Single word lines

Rhyme royal

Free verse
7 What best describes the mood of the poem?

Turbulent

Woeful

Jealous

Reserved
8 Whose dedication was erased from Dickinson's poems when they were first published?

Sylvia Plath

Susan Gilbert

Louisa May Alcott

Samuel Bowles
9 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?

ABAB

ABBA

It doesn't have one

ABCB
10 Who published Dickinson's poems after her death?

Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau

Lavinia Dickinson and Susan Gilbert

Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville

Mabel Loomis Todd and T.W. Higginson
11 What image does Dickinson use to imagine the union of the speaker and their love interest?

A bee flying to a flower

Waves on a shoreline

A bird returning to its nest

A ship coming to port
12 How does the speaker characterize their affection?

Serene and complacent

Aloof and fickle

Stormy and urgent

Unwavering and dull
13 When was the first edition of Dickinson's complete works published?

1868

1971

1891

1955
14 How does the speaker describe the "wild nights" referenced in the title?

As something shameful to be hidden

As something dangerous to be avoided

As something luxurious to be shared

As something contentious to be skirted around
15 How many stanzas does the poem contain?

Five

Twelve

Three

Four
16 What kind of stanzas is the poem made up of?

Quatrains

Monostiches

Couplets

Octaves
17 What does the line "Rowing in Eden -" reference?

The novel East of Eden

The biblical garden of Eden

Eden, Maryland

Former Prime Minister Anthony Eden
18 Who is the poem addressed to?

The speaker's mother

Samuel Bowles

The speaker's beloved

Lavinia Dickinson
19 What does the word "port" mean in the context of the poem?

A lighthouse

A compass

A window on a ship

A harbor or dock
20 How does the speaker imagine feeling during their quest?

Unstoppable and determined

Frightened and dissuaded

Cautious and concerned

Wavering and uncertain
21 How does the word "tonight" function in the last stanza?

As a passionate interjection

As an ironic aside

As a joke

As a grim foreshadowing
22 The lines "Futile - the winds - / To a Heart in port -" are an example of which of the following?

Synecdoche

Hyperbole

Zeugma

Simile
23 When was the first volume of Dickinson's poetry published?

1889

1890

1861

1868
24 Which of the following stylistic elements was Dickinson NOT prominently known for?

Stream of consciousness

Dashes

Capitalization

Slant rhyme
25 How does the poem configure its idea of romance?

As something simple and comfortable

As something uncontrollable and frightening

As something polite and inoffensive

As something inseparable from wildness and tumult

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