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 beehive

The ocean

A blizzard

An erupting volcano
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?
Brooklyn Daily Union

The Amherst Review

Springfield Republican

Drum Beat
5 Which of these lines contains alliteration?
"Done with the Chart!"

"Futile - the winds -"

"Might I but moor - tonight -"

"Wild nights - Wild nights!"
6 Which of the following structural features does Dickinson make frequent use of in the poem?
Dashes

Single word lines

Rhyme royal

Free verse
7 What best describes the mood of the poem?
Jealous

Woeful

Reserved

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

Sylvia Plath

Samuel Bowles

Susan Gilbert
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?
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?
Waves on a shoreline

A bird returning to its nest

A bee flying to a flower

A ship coming to port
12 How does the speaker characterize their affection?
Aloof and fickle

Serene and complacent

Stormy and urgent

Unwavering and dull
13 When was the first edition of Dickinson's complete works published?
1868

1955

1971

1891
14 How does the speaker describe the "wild nights" referenced in the title?
As something contentious to be skirted around

As something shameful to be hidden

As something dangerous to be avoided

As something luxurious to be shared
15 How many stanzas does the poem contain?
Four

Twelve

Five

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

Octaves

Quatrains

Monostiches
17 What does the line "Rowing in Eden -" reference?
Former Prime Minister Anthony Eden

Eden, Maryland

The biblical garden of Eden

The novel East of Eden
18 Who is the poem addressed to?
Lavinia Dickinson

The speaker's mother

The speaker's beloved

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

A compass

A harbor or dock

A window on a ship
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 a passionate interjection

As a joke

As an ironic aside

As a grim foreshadowing
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?
1890

1868

1889

1861
24 Which of the following stylistic elements was Dickinson NOT prominently known for?
Stream of consciousness

Slant rhyme

Capitalization

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

As something uncontrollable and frightening

As something simple and comfortable

As something polite and inoffensive

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