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?
The ocean

A beehive

An erupting volcano

A blizzard
3 Who discovered Dickinson's poems after her death?
Samuel Bowles

Susan Gilbert

Austin Dickinson

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

Drum Beat

Springfield Republican

Brooklyn Daily Union
5 Which of these lines contains alliteration?
"Futile - the winds -"

"Might I but moor - tonight -"

"Done with the Chart!"

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

Free verse

Single word lines

Dashes
7 What best describes the mood of the poem?
Turbulent

Woeful

Reserved

Jealous
8 Whose dedication was erased from Dickinson's poems when they were first published?
Susan Gilbert

Sylvia Plath

Louisa May Alcott

Samuel Bowles
9 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABAB

ABCB

ABBA

It doesn't have one
10 Who published Dickinson's poems after her death?
Mabel Loomis Todd and T.W. Higginson

Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville

Lavinia Dickinson and Susan Gilbert

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

Waves on a shoreline

A ship coming to port

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?
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 shameful to be hidden

As something luxurious to be shared
15 How many stanzas does the poem contain?
Four

Five

Twelve

Three
16 What kind of stanzas is the poem made up of?
Octaves

Monostiches

Quatrains

Couplets
17 What does the line "Rowing in Eden -" reference?
The biblical garden of Eden

Eden, Maryland

The novel East of Eden

Former Prime Minister Anthony Eden
18 Who is the poem addressed to?
Lavinia Dickinson

The speaker's beloved

The speaker's mother

Samuel Bowles
19 What does the word "port" mean in the context of the poem?
A harbor or dock

A compass

A window on a ship

A lighthouse
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 a passionate interjection

As a grim foreshadowing

As an ironic aside

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

Hyperbole

Simile

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

1889

1868

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

Dashes

Slant rhyme

Capitalization
25 How does the poem configure its idea of romance?
As something polite and inoffensive

As something inseparable from wildness and tumult

As something simple and comfortable

As something uncontrollable and frightening

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