Wild Nights — Wild Nights! Quizzes

Wild Nights — Wild Nights! Quiz

By John Melendez · Edited by James Cooper · Last reviewed January 19, 2022

1 What is the poem's central topic?

Puritan values

The Civil War

Romantic passion

Shipbuilding
2 What image from nature does the poem utilize?

A blizzard

A beehive

The ocean

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

Susan Gilbert

Lavinia Dickinson

Austin Dickinson

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

Springfield Republican

Drum Beat

The Amherst Review

Brooklyn Daily Union
5 Which of these lines contains alliteration?

"Might I but moor - tonight -"

"Wild nights - Wild nights!"

"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

Free verse

Rhyme royal
7 What best describes the mood of the poem?

Woeful

Turbulent

Jealous

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

Sylvia Plath

Louisa May Alcott

Samuel Bowles

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

ABBA

It doesn't have one

ABAB

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau

Mabel Loomis Todd and T.W. Higginson

Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville

Lavinia Dickinson and Susan Gilbert
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?

Unwavering and dull

Stormy and urgent

Aloof and fickle

Serene and complacent
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 dangerous to be avoided

As something shameful to be hidden

As something luxurious to be shared

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

Three

Four

Twelve

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

Couplets

Octaves

Monostiches

Quatrains
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 beloved

The speaker's mother

Samuel Bowles

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

A window on a ship

A lighthouse

A compass

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 joke

As a grim foreshadowing

As an ironic aside

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

Zeugma

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

1868

1889

1890

1861
24 Which of the following stylistic elements was Dickinson NOT prominently known for?

Dashes

Slant rhyme

Capitalization

Stream of consciousness
25 How does the poem configure its idea of romance?

As something simple and comfortable

As something polite and inoffensive

As something inseparable from wildness and tumult

As something uncontrollable and frightening

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