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

A blizzard

The ocean

An erupting volcano
3 Who discovered Dickinson's poems after her death?

Lavinia Dickinson

Susan Gilbert

Samuel Bowles

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

Springfield Republican

The Amherst Review

Brooklyn Daily Union

Drum Beat
5 Which of these lines contains alliteration?

"Wild nights - Wild nights!"

"Futile - the winds -"

"Might I but moor - tonight -"

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

Rhyme royal

Single word lines

Dashes

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

Woeful

Reserved

Jealous

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

Samuel Bowles

Sylvia Plath

Louisa May Alcott

Susan Gilbert
9 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?

ABCB

ABAB

It doesn't have one

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau

Lavinia Dickinson and Susan Gilbert

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 bird returning to its nest

Waves on a shoreline

A ship coming to port

A bee flying to a flower
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

1955

1891

1868
14 How does the speaker describe the "wild nights" referenced in the title?

As something shameful to be hidden

As something contentious to be skirted around

As something dangerous to be avoided

As something luxurious to be shared
15 How many stanzas does the poem contain?

Five

Four

Three

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

Couplets

Monostiches

Quatrains

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

The biblical garden of Eden

The novel East of Eden

Eden, Maryland

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

The speaker's beloved

The speaker's mother

Lavinia Dickinson

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

A compass

A lighthouse

A harbor or dock

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

Unstoppable and determined

Wavering and uncertain

Frightened and dissuaded

Cautious and concerned
21 How does the word "tonight" function in the last stanza?

As a joke

As a passionate interjection

As a grim foreshadowing

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

Hyperbole

Zeugma

Synecdoche

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

1868

1861

1889

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

Stream of consciousness

Capitalization

Slant rhyme

Dashes
25 How does the poem configure its idea of romance?

As something simple and comfortable

As something inseparable from wildness and tumult

As something uncontrollable and frightening

As something polite and inoffensive

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