Wild Nights — Wild Nights! Quizzes

Wild Nights — Wild Nights! Quiz

1 What is the poem's central topic?
Shipbuilding

The Civil War

Romantic passion

Puritan values
2 What image from nature does the poem utilize?
A beehive

An erupting volcano

A blizzard

The ocean
3 Who discovered Dickinson's poems after her death?
Lavinia Dickinson

Susan Gilbert

Austin Dickinson

Samuel Bowles
4 Where did Dickinson's poems NOT appear in her lifetime?
Springfield Republican

The Amherst Review

Drum Beat

Brooklyn Daily Union
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?
Free verse

Single word lines

Dashes

Rhyme royal
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?
Susan Gilbert

Samuel Bowles

Louisa May Alcott

Sylvia Plath
9 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABAB

It doesn't have one

ABCB

ABBA
10 Who published Dickinson's poems after her death?
Mabel Loomis Todd and T.W. Higginson

Lavinia Dickinson and Susan Gilbert

Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau

Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville
11 What image does Dickinson use to imagine the union of the speaker and their love interest?
A bee flying to a flower

A bird returning to its nest

A ship coming to port

Waves on a shoreline
12 How does the speaker characterize their affection?
Stormy and urgent

Unwavering and dull

Serene and complacent

Aloof and fickle
13 When was the first edition of Dickinson's complete works published?
1971

1868

1955

1891
14 How does the speaker describe the "wild nights" referenced in the title?
As something luxurious to be shared

As something contentious to be skirted around

As something shameful to be hidden

As something dangerous to be avoided
15 How many stanzas does the poem contain?
Twelve

Five

Four

Three
16 What kind of stanzas is the poem made up of?
Octaves

Couplets

Quatrains

Monostiches
17 What does the line "Rowing in Eden -" reference?
The novel East of Eden

The biblical garden of Eden

Former Prime Minister Anthony Eden

Eden, Maryland
18 Who is the poem addressed to?
The speaker's mother

Lavinia Dickinson

The speaker's beloved

Samuel Bowles
19 What does the word "port" mean in the context of the poem?
A lighthouse

A harbor or dock

A compass

A window on a ship
20 How does the speaker imagine feeling during their quest?
Cautious and concerned

Wavering and uncertain

Unstoppable and determined

Frightened and dissuaded
21 How does the word "tonight" function in the last stanza?
As a joke

As an ironic aside

As a grim foreshadowing

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

Synecdoche

Simile

Zeugma
23 When was the first volume of Dickinson's poetry published?
1889

1868

1861

1890
24 Which of the following stylistic elements was Dickinson NOT prominently known for?
Slant rhyme

Dashes

Stream of consciousness

Capitalization
25 How does the poem configure its idea of romance?
As something uncontrollable and frightening

As something polite and inoffensive

As something simple and comfortable

As something inseparable from wildness and tumult

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