Wild Nights — Wild Nights! Quizzes

Wild Nights — Wild Nights! Quiz

1 What is the poem's central topic?
Puritan values

Romantic passion

The Civil War

Shipbuilding
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?
Susan Gilbert

Samuel Bowles

Austin Dickinson

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

Springfield Republican

Brooklyn Daily Union

Drum Beat
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?
Single word lines

Free verse

Dashes

Rhyme royal
7 What best describes the mood of the poem?
Turbulent

Woeful

Jealous

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

Louisa May Alcott

Samuel Bowles

Sylvia Plath
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?
Lavinia Dickinson and Susan Gilbert

Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau

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?
A bee flying to a flower

Waves on a shoreline

A bird returning to its nest

A ship coming to port
12 How does the speaker characterize their affection?
Unwavering and dull

Serene and complacent

Stormy and urgent

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

1868

1891

1971
14 How does the speaker describe the "wild nights" referenced in the title?
As something luxurious to be shared

As something shameful to be hidden

As something contentious to be skirted around

As something dangerous to be avoided
15 How many stanzas does the poem contain?
Five

Twelve

Three

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

Octaves

Couplets

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

The novel East 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 compass

A window on a ship

A harbor or dock

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

Frightened and dissuaded

Cautious and concerned

Unstoppable and determined
21 How does the word "tonight" function in the last stanza?
As a grim foreshadowing

As a joke

As an ironic aside

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

Synecdoche

Simile

Zeugma
23 When was the first volume of Dickinson's poetry published?
1889

1868

1861

1890
24 Which of the following stylistic elements was Dickinson NOT prominently known for?
Slant rhyme

Dashes

Stream of consciousness

Capitalization
25 How does the poem configure its idea of romance?
As something inseparable from wildness and tumult

As something simple and comfortable

As something polite and inoffensive

As something uncontrollable and frightening

Wild Nights — Wild Nights! Questions and Answers

The Question and Answer section for Wild Nights — Wild Nights! is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.

Ask Your Own Question

Study Guide for Wild Nights — Wild Nights!

Wild Nights — Wild Nights! study guide contains a biography of Emily Dickinson, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

Read the Study Guide for Wild Nights — Wild Nights!…