Wild Nights — Wild Nights! Quizzes

Wild Nights — Wild Nights! Quiz

1 What is the poem's central topic?
Shipbuilding

The Civil War

Romantic passion

Puritan values
2 What image from nature does the poem utilize?
The ocean

A beehive

A blizzard

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

Samuel Bowles

Lavinia Dickinson

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

Drum Beat

The Amherst Review

Springfield Republican
5 Which of these lines contains alliteration?
"Done with the Chart!"

"Might I but moor - tonight -"

"Futile - the winds -"

"Wild nights - Wild nights!"
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?
Jealous

Turbulent

Reserved

Woeful
8 Whose dedication was erased from Dickinson's poems when they were first published?
Louisa May Alcott

Susan Gilbert

Samuel Bowles

Sylvia Plath
9 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABBA

ABAB

ABCB

It doesn't have one
10 Who published Dickinson's poems after her death?
Mabel Loomis Todd and T.W. Higginson

Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville

Lavinia Dickinson and Susan Gilbert

Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau
11 What image does Dickinson use to imagine the union of the speaker and their love interest?
A bird returning to its nest

A bee flying to a flower

Waves on a shoreline

A ship coming to port
12 How does the speaker characterize their affection?
Aloof and fickle

Serene and complacent

Unwavering and dull

Stormy and urgent
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 shameful to be hidden

As something dangerous to be avoided

As something luxurious to be shared

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

Five

Twelve

Three
16 What kind of stanzas is the poem made up of?
Quatrains

Monostiches

Octaves

Couplets
17 What does the line "Rowing in Eden -" reference?
Eden, Maryland

The novel East of Eden

Former Prime Minister Anthony Eden

The biblical garden of Eden
18 Who is the poem addressed to?
Lavinia Dickinson

The speaker's mother

Samuel Bowles

The speaker's beloved
19 What does the word "port" mean in the context of the poem?
A window on a ship

A harbor or dock

A lighthouse

A compass
20 How does the speaker imagine feeling during their quest?
Frightened and dissuaded

Unstoppable and determined

Wavering and uncertain

Cautious and concerned
21 How does the word "tonight" function in the last stanza?
As a passionate interjection

As an ironic aside

As a joke

As a grim foreshadowing
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?
1889

1868

1861

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

Slant rhyme

Stream of consciousness

Dashes
25 How does the poem configure its idea of romance?
As something simple and comfortable

As something uncontrollable and frightening

As something polite and inoffensive

As something inseparable from wildness and tumult

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