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?

Austin Dickinson

Susan Gilbert

Samuel Bowles

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

Brooklyn Daily Union

Drum Beat

Springfield Republican

The Amherst Review
5 Which of these lines contains alliteration?

"Might I but moor - tonight -"

"Done with the Chart!"

"Wild nights - Wild nights!"

"Futile - the winds -"
6 Which of the following structural features does Dickinson make frequent use of in the poem?

Single word lines

Free verse

Rhyme royal

Dashes
7 What best describes the mood of the poem?

Turbulent

Jealous

Reserved

Woeful
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?

ABBA

ABAB

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

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?

Waves on a shoreline

A bee flying to a flower

A ship coming to port

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

Aloof and fickle

Stormy and urgent

Unwavering and dull

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

1891

1868

1955

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

As something luxurious to be shared

As something contentious to be skirted around

As something shameful to be hidden

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

Three

Four

Twelve

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

Monostiches

Couplets

Octaves

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

The biblical garden of Eden

The novel East of Eden

Former Prime Minister Anthony Eden

Eden, Maryland
18 Who is the poem addressed to?

The speaker's beloved

Lavinia Dickinson

The speaker's mother

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

A compass

A window on a ship

A harbor or dock

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

Cautious and concerned

Unstoppable and determined

Frightened and dissuaded

Wavering and uncertain
21 How does the word "tonight" function in the last stanza?

As an ironic aside

As a grim foreshadowing

As a passionate interjection

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

Zeugma

Synecdoche

Simile

Hyperbole
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

Stream of consciousness

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

As something uncontrollable and frightening

As something inseparable from wildness and tumult

As something polite and inoffensive

As something simple and comfortable

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