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?
The ocean

An erupting volcano

A blizzard

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

Samuel Bowles

Austin Dickinson

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

Springfield Republican

Drum Beat

Brooklyn Daily Union
5 Which of these lines contains alliteration?
"Might I but moor - tonight -"

"Futile - the winds -"

"Done with the Chart!"

"Wild nights - Wild nights!"
6 Which of the following structural features does Dickinson make frequent use of in the poem?
Dashes

Rhyme royal

Free verse

Single word lines
7 What best describes the mood of the poem?
Jealous

Reserved

Turbulent

Woeful
8 Whose dedication was erased from Dickinson's poems when they were first published?
Sylvia Plath

Louisa May Alcott

Susan Gilbert

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?
Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau

Mabel Loomis Todd and T.W. Higginson

Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville

Lavinia Dickinson and Susan Gilbert
11 What image does Dickinson use to imagine the union of the speaker and their love interest?
A bee flying to a flower

A bird returning to its nest

Waves on a shoreline

A ship coming to port
12 How does the speaker characterize their affection?
Serene and complacent

Stormy and urgent

Aloof and fickle

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

1891

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 dangerous to be avoided

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

Five

Four

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

Monostiches

Quatrains

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

Former Prime Minister Anthony Eden

The novel East of Eden

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

Lavinia Dickinson

The speaker's mother

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?
Unstoppable and determined

Cautious and concerned

Wavering and uncertain

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

As a grim foreshadowing

As a joke

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

Synecdoche

Hyperbole

Zeugma
23 When was the first volume of Dickinson's poetry published?
1889

1861

1868

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

Slant rhyme

Dashes

Stream of consciousness
25 How does the poem configure its idea of romance?
As something inseparable from wildness and tumult

As something polite and inoffensive

As something simple and comfortable

As something uncontrollable and frightening

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