Wild Nights — Wild Nights! Quizzes

Wild Nights — Wild Nights! Quiz

1 What is the poem's central topic?

The Civil War

Romantic passion

Puritan values

Shipbuilding
2 What image from nature does the poem utilize?

A blizzard

The ocean

A beehive

An erupting volcano
3 Who discovered Dickinson's poems after her death?

Samuel Bowles

Lavinia Dickinson

Austin Dickinson

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

Brooklyn Daily Union

Drum Beat

The Amherst Review

Springfield Republican
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?

Single word lines

Rhyme royal

Dashes

Free verse
7 What best describes the mood of the poem?

Jealous

Turbulent

Reserved

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

Louisa May Alcott

Samuel Bowles

Susan Gilbert

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?

Mabel Loomis Todd and T.W. Higginson

Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau

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 ship coming to port

A bird returning to its nest

Waves on a shoreline

A bee flying to a flower
12 How does the speaker characterize their affection?

Aloof and fickle

Stormy and urgent

Unwavering and dull

Serene and complacent
13 When was the first edition of Dickinson's complete works published?

1955

1891

1971

1868
14 How does the speaker describe the "wild nights" referenced in the title?

As something dangerous to be avoided

As something contentious to be skirted around

As something luxurious to be shared

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

Four

Three

Twelve

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

Monostiches

Quatrains

Octaves

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

The novel East of Eden

The biblical garden of Eden

Eden, Maryland

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

Lavinia Dickinson

The speaker's beloved

Samuel Bowles

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

A harbor or dock

A window on a ship

A compass

A lighthouse
20 How does the speaker imagine feeling during their quest?

Wavering and uncertain

Cautious and concerned

Unstoppable and determined

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

As a grim foreshadowing

As an ironic aside

As a joke

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

Hyperbole

Zeugma

Synecdoche

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

1889

1868

1890

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

Slant rhyme

Capitalization

Dashes

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

As something polite and inoffensive

As something simple and comfortable

As something uncontrollable and frightening

As something inseparable from wildness and tumult

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