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?

Lavinia Dickinson

Susan Gilbert

Austin Dickinson

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

The Amherst Review

Springfield Republican

Drum Beat

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?

Rhyme royal

Dashes

Free verse

Single word lines
7 What best describes the mood of the poem?

Woeful

Reserved

Jealous

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

Samuel Bowles

Louisa May Alcott

Susan Gilbert

Sylvia Plath
9 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?

It doesn't have one

ABBA

ABAB

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

Mabel Loomis Todd and T.W. Higginson

Lavinia Dickinson and Susan Gilbert

Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville

Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau
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 ship coming to port

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

Aloof and fickle

Unwavering and dull

Serene and complacent

Stormy and urgent
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 contentious to be skirted around

As something luxurious to be shared

As something dangerous to be avoided

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

Five

Four

Twelve

Three
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 novel East of Eden

Former Prime Minister Anthony Eden

Eden, Maryland

The biblical garden of Eden
18 Who is the poem addressed to?

Samuel Bowles

The speaker's beloved

Lavinia Dickinson

The speaker's mother
19 What does the word "port" mean in the context of the poem?

A lighthouse

A compass

A window on a ship

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

Unstoppable and determined

Frightened and dissuaded

Wavering and uncertain

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

As an ironic aside

As a joke

As a passionate interjection

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

Zeugma

Simile

Synecdoche

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

1890

1889

1861

1868
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 simple and comfortable

As something polite and inoffensive

As something inseparable from wildness and tumult

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