Wild Nights — Wild Nights! Quizzes

Wild Nights — Wild Nights! Quiz

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

Romantic passion

Puritan values

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

An erupting volcano

The ocean

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

Austin Dickinson

Susan Gilbert

Samuel Bowles
4 Where did Dickinson's poems NOT appear in her lifetime?
Springfield Republican

Drum Beat

The Amherst Review

Brooklyn Daily Union
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

Single word lines

Rhyme royal

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

Jealous

Woeful

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

Louisa May Alcott

Sylvia Plath

Samuel Bowles
9 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABCB

It doesn't have one

ABBA

ABAB
10 Who published Dickinson's poems after her death?
Mabel Loomis Todd and T.W. Higginson

Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville

Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau

Lavinia Dickinson and Susan Gilbert
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?
Stormy and urgent

Unwavering and dull

Aloof and fickle

Serene and complacent
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?
Four

Five

Three

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

Couplets

Monostiches

Octaves
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?
The speaker's beloved

The speaker's mother

Lavinia Dickinson

Samuel Bowles
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

Unstoppable and determined

Cautious and concerned

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

As a passionate interjection

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?
Simile

Synecdoche

Hyperbole

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 uncontrollable and frightening

As something polite and inoffensive

As something simple and comfortable

As something inseparable from wildness and tumult

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