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

The ocean

A blizzard

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

Susan Gilbert

Lavinia Dickinson

Samuel Bowles
4 Where did Dickinson's poems NOT appear in her lifetime?
Brooklyn Daily Union

Drum Beat

Springfield Republican

The Amherst Review
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?
Free verse

Rhyme royal

Single word lines

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

Turbulent

Jealous

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

Susan Gilbert

Samuel Bowles

Sylvia Plath
9 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
It doesn't have one

ABCB

ABAB

ABBA
10 Who published Dickinson's poems after her death?
Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau

Mabel Loomis Todd and T.W. Higginson

Lavinia Dickinson and Susan Gilbert

Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville
11 What image does Dickinson use to imagine the union of the speaker and their love interest?
Waves on a shoreline

A ship coming to port

A bird returning to its nest

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

Stormy and urgent

Serene and complacent

Aloof and fickle
13 When was the first edition of Dickinson's complete works published?
1955

1971

1868

1891
14 How does the speaker describe the "wild nights" referenced in the title?
As something dangerous to be avoided

As something luxurious to be shared

As something contentious to be skirted around

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

Twelve

Four

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

Octaves

Monostiches

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?
Samuel Bowles

Lavinia Dickinson

The speaker's beloved

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

A harbor or dock

A lighthouse

A window on a ship
20 How does the speaker imagine feeling during their quest?
Frightened and dissuaded

Unstoppable and determined

Cautious and concerned

Wavering and uncertain
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?
Simile

Zeugma

Synecdoche

Hyperbole
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

Stream of consciousness

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

As something simple and comfortable

As something inseparable from wildness and tumult

As something uncontrollable and frightening

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