Wild Nights — Wild Nights! Quizzes

Wild Nights — Wild Nights! Quiz

1 What is the poem's central topic?
The Civil War

Shipbuilding

Romantic passion

Puritan values
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?
Lavinia Dickinson

Austin Dickinson

Susan Gilbert

Samuel Bowles
4 Where did Dickinson's poems NOT appear in her lifetime?
The Amherst Review

Drum Beat

Springfield Republican

Brooklyn Daily Union
5 Which of these lines contains alliteration?
"Wild nights - Wild nights!"

"Futile - the winds -"

"Done with the Chart!"

"Might I but moor - tonight -"
6 Which of the following structural features does Dickinson make frequent use of in the poem?
Rhyme royal

Single word lines

Free verse

Dashes
7 What best describes the mood of the poem?
Jealous

Turbulent

Reserved

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

Louisa May Alcott

Susan Gilbert

Sylvia Plath
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?
Lavinia Dickinson and Susan Gilbert

Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau

Mabel Loomis Todd and T.W. Higginson

Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville
11 What image does Dickinson use to imagine the union of the speaker and their love interest?
A ship coming to port

Waves on a shoreline

A bee flying to a flower

A bird returning to its nest
12 How does the speaker characterize their affection?
Aloof and fickle

Unwavering and dull

Stormy and urgent

Serene and complacent
13 When was the first edition of Dickinson's complete works published?
1955

1868

1971

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

As something shameful to be hidden

As something contentious to be skirted around

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

Twelve

Five

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

Octaves

Quatrains

Couplets
17 What does the line "Rowing in Eden -" reference?
Former Prime Minister Anthony Eden

The biblical garden of Eden

The novel East of Eden

Eden, Maryland
18 Who is the poem addressed to?
Samuel Bowles

Lavinia Dickinson

The speaker's beloved

The speaker's mother
19 What does the word "port" mean in the context of the poem?
A harbor or dock

A lighthouse

A window on a ship

A compass
20 How does the speaker imagine feeling during their quest?
Frightened and dissuaded

Wavering and uncertain

Cautious and concerned

Unstoppable and determined
21 How does the word "tonight" function in the last stanza?
As an ironic aside

As a passionate interjection

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?
Simile

Hyperbole

Synecdoche

Zeugma
23 When was the first volume of Dickinson's poetry published?
1890

1868

1861

1889
24 Which of the following stylistic elements was Dickinson NOT prominently known for?
Dashes

Stream of consciousness

Capitalization

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

As something simple and comfortable

As something polite and inoffensive

As something inseparable from wildness and tumult

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