Wild Nights — Wild Nights! Quizzes

Wild Nights — Wild Nights! Quiz

1 What is the poem's central topic?
Shipbuilding

Puritan values

Romantic passion

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

A beehive

An erupting volcano

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

Susan Gilbert

Lavinia Dickinson

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

Springfield Republican

Drum Beat

The Amherst Review
5 Which of these lines contains alliteration?
"Might I but moor - tonight -"

"Futile - the winds -"

"Wild nights - Wild nights!"

"Done with the Chart!"
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?
Reserved

Woeful

Jealous

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

Sylvia Plath

Samuel Bowles

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

It doesn't have one

ABBA

ABAB
10 Who published Dickinson's poems after her death?
Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau

Mabel Loomis Todd and T.W. Higginson

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?
A ship coming to port

A bird returning to its nest

Waves on a shoreline

A bee flying to a flower
12 How does the speaker characterize their affection?
Aloof and fickle

Stormy and urgent

Serene and complacent

Unwavering and dull
13 When was the first edition of Dickinson's complete works published?
1891

1868

1971

1955
14 How does the speaker describe the "wild nights" referenced in the title?
As something luxurious to be shared

As something shameful to be hidden

As something dangerous to be avoided

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

Four

Three

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

Octaves

Quatrains

Couplets
17 What does the line "Rowing in Eden -" reference?
Former Prime Minister Anthony Eden

The biblical garden of Eden

The novel East of Eden

Eden, Maryland
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 compass

A window on a ship

A lighthouse

A harbor or dock
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 a passionate interjection

As a joke

As a grim foreshadowing

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

Hyperbole

Synecdoche

Zeugma
23 When was the first volume of Dickinson's poetry published?
1890

1868

1861

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

Dashes

Slant rhyme

Stream of consciousness
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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