Wild Nights — Wild Nights! Quizzes

Wild Nights — Wild Nights! Quiz

1 What is the poem's central topic?

The Civil War

Puritan values

Shipbuilding

Romantic passion
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

Austin Dickinson

Samuel Bowles

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

Springfield Republican

Drum Beat

Brooklyn Daily Union

The Amherst Review
5 Which of these lines contains alliteration?

"Wild nights - Wild nights!"

"Done with the Chart!"

"Futile - the winds -"

"Might I but moor - tonight -"
6 Which of the following structural features does Dickinson make frequent use of in the poem?

Free verse

Rhyme royal

Single word lines

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?

Sylvia Plath

Samuel Bowles

Susan Gilbert

Louisa May Alcott
9 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?

It doesn't have one

ABBA

ABCB

ABAB
10 Who published Dickinson's poems after her death?

Mabel Loomis Todd and T.W. Higginson

Lavinia Dickinson and Susan Gilbert

Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville

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?

Unwavering and dull

Serene and complacent

Aloof and fickle

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

1891

1955

1868

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

As something contentious to be skirted around

As something dangerous to be avoided

As something luxurious to be shared

As something shameful to be hidden
15 How many stanzas does the poem contain?

Three

Four

Five

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

Couplets

Monostiches

Octaves

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

Former Prime Minister Anthony Eden

Eden, Maryland

The novel East of Eden

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

The speaker's beloved

The speaker's mother

Samuel Bowles

Lavinia Dickinson
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?

Cautious and concerned

Unstoppable and determined

Wavering and uncertain

Frightened and dissuaded
21 How does the word "tonight" function in the last stanza?

As an ironic aside

As a passionate interjection

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

Hyperbole

Synecdoche

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

1868

1890

1889

1861
24 Which of the following stylistic elements was Dickinson NOT prominently known for?

Dashes

Capitalization

Slant rhyme

Stream of consciousness
25 How does the poem configure its idea of romance?

As something inseparable from wildness and tumult

As something uncontrollable and frightening

As something polite and inoffensive

As something simple and comfortable

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