1 What is the poem's central topic? Romantic passion Shipbuilding The Civil War Puritan values 2 What image from nature does the poem utilize? A beehive The ocean An erupting volcano A blizzard 3 Who discovered Dickinson's poems after her death? Austin Dickinson Samuel Bowles Susan Gilbert Lavinia Dickinson 4 Where did Dickinson's poems NOT appear in her lifetime? Springfield Republican The Amherst Review Brooklyn Daily Union Drum Beat 5 Which of these lines contains alliteration? "Wild nights - Wild nights!" "Might I but moor - tonight -" "Done with the Chart!" "Futile - the winds -" 6 Which of the following structural features does Dickinson make frequent use of in the poem? Dashes Free verse Single word lines Rhyme royal 7 What best describes the mood of the poem? Woeful Reserved Jealous Turbulent 8 Whose dedication was erased from Dickinson's poems when they were first published? Sylvia Plath Samuel Bowles Louisa May Alcott Susan Gilbert 9 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? It doesn't have one ABCB ABBA ABAB 10 Who published Dickinson's poems after her death? Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau Lavinia Dickinson and Susan Gilbert Mabel Loomis Todd and T.W. Higginson Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville 11 What image does Dickinson use to imagine the union of the speaker and their love interest? A bird returning to its nest Waves on a shoreline A ship coming to port A bee flying to a flower 12 How does the speaker characterize their affection? Serene and complacent Unwavering and dull Stormy and urgent Aloof and fickle 13 When was the first edition of Dickinson's complete works published? 1891 1955 1971 1868 14 How does the speaker describe the "wild nights" referenced in the title? As something contentious to be skirted around As something shameful to be hidden As something luxurious to be shared As something dangerous to be avoided 15 How many stanzas does the poem contain? Five Three Four Twelve 16 What kind of stanzas is the poem made up of? Quatrains Monostiches Couplets Octaves 17 What does the line "Rowing in Eden -" reference? The novel East of Eden Former Prime Minister Anthony Eden Eden, Maryland 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 lighthouse A harbor or dock A compass 20 How does the speaker imagine feeling during their quest? Wavering and uncertain Unstoppable and determined Frightened and dissuaded Cautious and concerned 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 Zeugma Synecdoche Hyperbole 23 When was the first volume of Dickinson's poetry published? 1889 1890 1861 1868 24 Which of the following stylistic elements was Dickinson NOT prominently known for? Stream of consciousness Capitalization Slant rhyme Dashes 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