Wild Nights — Wild Nights! Quizzes

Wild Nights — Wild Nights! Quiz

1 What is the poem's central topic?
The Civil War

Romantic passion

Shipbuilding

Puritan values
2 What image from nature does the poem utilize?
A blizzard

An erupting volcano

A beehive

The ocean
3 Who discovered Dickinson's poems after her death?
Lavinia Dickinson

Susan Gilbert

Samuel Bowles

Austin Dickinson
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?
"Done with the Chart!"

"Futile - the winds -"

"Wild nights - Wild nights!"

"Might I but moor - tonight -"
6 Which of the following structural features does Dickinson make frequent use of in the poem?
Dashes

Rhyme royal

Single word lines

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

Woeful

Jealous

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

Sylvia Plath

Samuel Bowles

Susan Gilbert
9 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABAB

ABBA

It doesn't have one

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

Lavinia Dickinson and Susan Gilbert

Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville

Mabel Loomis Todd and T.W. Higginson
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 bee flying to a flower

A bird returning to its nest
12 How does the speaker characterize their affection?
Stormy and urgent

Unwavering and dull

Aloof and fickle

Serene and complacent
13 When was the first edition of Dickinson's complete works published?
1891

1971

1868

1955
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 dangerous to be avoided

As something luxurious to be shared
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

Octaves

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

Former Prime Minister Anthony Eden

The biblical garden of Eden

The novel East 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 harbor or dock

A compass

A window on a ship

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

Unstoppable and determined

Cautious and concerned

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

As a joke

As a grim foreshadowing

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

Simile

Zeugma

Hyperbole
23 When was the first volume of Dickinson's poetry published?
1868

1890

1861

1889
24 Which of the following stylistic elements was Dickinson NOT prominently known for?
Slant rhyme

Capitalization

Stream of consciousness

Dashes
25 How does the poem configure its idea of romance?
As something simple and comfortable

As something uncontrollable and frightening

As something inseparable from wildness and tumult

As something polite and inoffensive

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