Wild Nights — Wild Nights! Quizzes

Wild Nights — Wild Nights! Quiz

1 What is the poem's central topic?

The Civil War

Puritan values

Romantic passion

Shipbuilding
2 What image from nature does the poem utilize?

An erupting volcano

A blizzard

A beehive

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

Lavinia Dickinson

Samuel Bowles

Susan Gilbert

Austin Dickinson
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?

"Might I but moor - tonight -"

"Wild nights - Wild nights!"

"Done with the Chart!"

"Futile - the winds -"
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?

Jealous

Reserved

Woeful

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

Susan Gilbert

Sylvia Plath

Louisa May Alcott

Samuel Bowles
9 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?

ABAB

ABBA

ABCB

It doesn't have one
10 Who published Dickinson's poems after her death?

Lavinia Dickinson and Susan Gilbert

Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau

Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville

Mabel Loomis Todd and T.W. Higginson
11 What image does Dickinson use to imagine the union of the speaker and their love interest?

A ship coming to port

A bird returning to its nest

A bee flying to a flower

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

Serene and complacent

Aloof and fickle

Unwavering and dull

Stormy and urgent
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 dangerous to be avoided

As something shameful to be hidden

As something contentious to be skirted around

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

Five

Twelve

Three

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

Quatrains

Monostiches

Couplets

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

The biblical garden of Eden

Eden, Maryland

Former Prime Minister Anthony Eden

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

Lavinia Dickinson

The speaker's beloved

The speaker's mother

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

A harbor or dock

A compass

A window on a ship

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

Unstoppable and determined

Frightened and dissuaded

Wavering and uncertain

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

As an ironic aside

As a grim foreshadowing

As a joke

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

Zeugma

Hyperbole

Synecdoche

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

1868

1890

1861

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

Slant rhyme

Capitalization

Dashes

Stream of consciousness
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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