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 blizzard

A beehive

An erupting volcano

The ocean
3 Who discovered Dickinson's poems after her death?
Susan Gilbert

Austin Dickinson

Samuel Bowles

Lavinia Dickinson
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?
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

Susan Gilbert

Louisa May Alcott

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

ABBA

It doesn't have one

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

Lavinia Dickinson and Susan Gilbert

Mabel Loomis Todd and T.W. Higginson

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 bird returning to its nest

A ship coming to port

A bee flying to a flower

Waves on a shoreline
12 How does the speaker characterize their affection?
Stormy and urgent

Unwavering and dull

Serene and complacent

Aloof and fickle
13 When was the first edition of Dickinson's complete works published?
1891

1868

1971

1955
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 luxurious to be shared

As something dangerous to be avoided
15 How many stanzas does the poem contain?
Five

Twelve

Three

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

Quatrains

Octaves

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

The biblical garden of Eden

The novel East of Eden

Former Prime Minister Anthony Eden
18 Who is the poem addressed to?
The speaker's mother

Samuel Bowles

Lavinia Dickinson

The speaker's beloved
19 What does the word "port" mean in the context of the poem?
A harbor or dock

A lighthouse

A compass

A window on a ship
20 How does the speaker imagine feeling during their quest?
Wavering and uncertain

Cautious and concerned

Frightened and dissuaded

Unstoppable and determined
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?
Hyperbole

Simile

Synecdoche

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

1889

1890

1868
24 Which of the following stylistic elements was Dickinson NOT prominently known for?
Capitalization

Stream of consciousness

Slant rhyme

Dashes
25 How does the poem configure its idea of romance?
As something uncontrollable and frightening

As something inseparable from wildness and tumult

As something polite and inoffensive

As something simple and comfortable

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