Wild Nights — Wild Nights! Quizzes

Wild Nights — Wild Nights! Quiz

1 What is the poem's central topic?
Shipbuilding

Puritan values

The Civil War

Romantic passion
2 What image from nature does the poem utilize?
The ocean

A blizzard

An erupting volcano

A beehive
3 Who discovered Dickinson's poems after her death?
Austin Dickinson

Lavinia Dickinson

Susan Gilbert

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

The Amherst Review

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

Rhyme royal

Dashes
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

Samuel Bowles

Louisa May Alcott

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

ABCB

It doesn't have one

ABBA
10 Who published Dickinson's poems after her death?
Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville

Lavinia Dickinson and Susan Gilbert

Mabel Loomis Todd and T.W. Higginson

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 bee flying to a flower

A ship coming to port

Waves on a shoreline

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

Unwavering and dull

Serene and complacent

Stormy and urgent
13 When was the first edition of Dickinson's complete works published?
1868

1955

1891

1971
14 How does the speaker describe the "wild nights" referenced in the title?
As something shameful to be hidden

As something luxurious to be shared

As something dangerous to be avoided

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

Three

Twelve

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

Monostiches

Octaves

Quatrains
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?
The speaker's beloved

Samuel Bowles

Lavinia Dickinson

The speaker's mother
19 What does the word "port" mean in the context of the poem?
A compass

A lighthouse

A window on a ship

A harbor or dock
20 How does the speaker imagine feeling during their quest?
Wavering and uncertain

Cautious and concerned

Frightened and dissuaded

Unstoppable and determined
21 How does the word "tonight" function in the last stanza?
As a grim foreshadowing

As an ironic aside

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?
Simile

Zeugma

Hyperbole

Synecdoche
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?
Slant rhyme

Capitalization

Stream of consciousness

Dashes
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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