Wild Nights — Wild Nights! Quizzes

Wild Nights — Wild Nights! Quiz

1 What is the poem's central topic?

Shipbuilding

Romantic passion

Puritan values

The Civil War
2 What image from nature does the poem utilize?

The ocean

A beehive

An erupting volcano

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

Samuel Bowles

Austin Dickinson

Lavinia Dickinson

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

The Amherst Review

Springfield Republican

Drum Beat

Brooklyn Daily Union
5 Which of these lines contains alliteration?

"Might I but moor - tonight -"

"Done with the Chart!"

"Futile - the winds -"

"Wild nights - Wild nights!"
6 Which of the following structural features does Dickinson make frequent use of in the poem?

Single word lines

Rhyme royal

Dashes

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

Turbulent

Reserved

Woeful

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

Sylvia Plath

Susan Gilbert

Samuel Bowles

Louisa May Alcott
9 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?

It doesn't have one

ABCB

ABBA

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

Mabel Loomis Todd and T.W. Higginson

Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau

Lavinia Dickinson and Susan Gilbert

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

Waves on a shoreline

A ship coming to port

A bee flying to a flower

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

Serene and complacent

Unwavering and dull

Stormy and urgent

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

1891

1955

1868

1971
14 How does the speaker describe the "wild nights" referenced in the title?

As something contentious to be skirted around

As something luxurious to be shared

As something dangerous to be avoided

As something shameful to be hidden
15 How many stanzas does the poem contain?

Twelve

Three

Four

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

Quatrains

Octaves

Couplets

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

Eden, Maryland

The biblical garden of Eden

Former Prime Minister Anthony Eden

The novel East of Eden
18 Who is the poem addressed to?

The speaker's beloved

Samuel Bowles

The speaker's mother

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

A window on a ship

A compass

A harbor or dock

A lighthouse
20 How does the speaker imagine feeling during their quest?

Unstoppable and determined

Wavering and uncertain

Cautious and concerned

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

As an ironic aside

As a joke

As a passionate interjection

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

Synecdoche

Zeugma

Hyperbole

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

1868

1861

1890

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

Slant rhyme

Stream of consciousness

Capitalization

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

As something uncontrollable and frightening

As something polite and inoffensive

As something inseparable from wildness and tumult

As something simple and comfortable

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