Wild Nights — Wild Nights! Quizzes

Wild Nights — Wild Nights! Quiz

1 What is the poem's central topic?

Shipbuilding

The Civil War

Puritan values

Romantic passion
2 What image from nature does the poem utilize?

A beehive

An erupting volcano

The ocean

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

Austin Dickinson

Lavinia Dickinson

Samuel Bowles

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

Drum Beat

Brooklyn Daily Union

The Amherst Review

Springfield Republican
5 Which of these lines contains alliteration?

"Futile - the winds -"

"Wild nights - Wild nights!"

"Done with the Chart!"

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

Free verse

Rhyme royal

Dashes

Single word lines
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?

Susan Gilbert

Sylvia Plath

Samuel Bowles

Louisa May Alcott
9 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?

ABCB

ABAB

It doesn't have one

ABBA
10 Who published Dickinson's poems after her death?

Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau

Mabel Loomis Todd and T.W. Higginson

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

Waves on a shoreline

A bird returning to its nest

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

Aloof and fickle

Stormy and urgent

Serene and complacent

Unwavering and dull
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 luxurious to be shared

As something dangerous to be avoided

As something contentious to be skirted around

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

Twelve

Five

Three

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

Octaves

Couplets

Quatrains

Monostiches
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?

The speaker's beloved

Lavinia Dickinson

The speaker's mother

Samuel Bowles
19 What does the word "port" mean in the context of the poem?

A window on a ship

A harbor or dock

A lighthouse

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

Unstoppable and determined

Cautious and concerned

Wavering and uncertain

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

As an ironic aside

As a joke

As a grim foreshadowing

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

Synecdoche

Hyperbole

Zeugma

Simile
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?

Dashes

Slant rhyme

Capitalization

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

As something polite and inoffensive

As something inseparable from wildness and tumult

As something simple and comfortable

As something uncontrollable and frightening

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