Wild Nights — Wild Nights! Quizzes

Wild Nights — Wild Nights! Quiz

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

The Civil War

Romantic passion

Shipbuilding
2 What image from nature does the poem utilize?
The ocean

A beehive

A blizzard

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

Austin Dickinson

Samuel Bowles

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

The Amherst Review

Springfield Republican

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

"Might I but moor - tonight -"

"Wild nights - Wild nights!"

"Done with the Chart!"
6 Which of the following structural features does Dickinson make frequent use of in the poem?
Dashes

Free verse

Single word lines

Rhyme royal
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?
Samuel Bowles

Louisa May Alcott

Sylvia Plath

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

ABCB

It doesn't have one

ABAB
10 Who published Dickinson's poems after her death?
Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville

Lavinia Dickinson and Susan Gilbert

Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau

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 ship coming to port

A bee flying to a flower

Waves on a shoreline

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

Serene and complacent

Aloof and fickle

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

1971

1891

1868
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

Four

Twelve

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

Monostiches

Quatrains

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

The novel East of Eden

The biblical garden of Eden

Former Prime Minister Anthony 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 lighthouse

A window on a ship

A compass

A harbor or dock
20 How does the speaker imagine feeling during their quest?
Frightened and dissuaded

Wavering and uncertain

Unstoppable and determined

Cautious and concerned
21 How does the word "tonight" function in the last stanza?
As a joke

As a grim foreshadowing

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?
Simile

Zeugma

Synecdoche

Hyperbole
23 When was the first volume of Dickinson's poetry published?
1861

1868

1890

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

Stream of consciousness

Dashes

Slant rhyme
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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