Emily Bronte: Poems Quizzes

Emily Bronte: Poems Quiz

1 When was Emily Brontë born?
1836

1818

1846

1848
2 What novel was Brontë famous for writing?
Middlemarch

Wuthering Heights

Jane Eyre

Pride and Prejudice
3 What were Brontë's sisters names?
Catherine and Anna

Jane and Sylvia

Eleanor and Rose

Charlotte and Anne
4 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"Long neglect has worn away"

"If I listened, she would cease."

"All vanished, like a vision vain,"

"She was cruel in her fear;"
5 What is the central theme of "No Coward Soul Is Mine"?
Time

Marriage

War

Faith
6 What type of stanza did Brontë use most often?
Quatrains

Octaves

Couplets

Quintains
7 What was the title of the volume of poetry Brontë published with her sisters?
Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell

Verse by the Bell Brothers

The Poetry of the Brontë Sisters

Villette
8 Which of the following is NOT a genre of poem that Brontë wrote?
Love Poetry

Modernist Poetry

Victorian Poetry

Elegy
9 What occupation did Brontë hold?
Lawyer

Teacher

Carpenter

Physician
10 What is personified in the poem "Hope"?
Lost love

Hope

Despair

Fears
11 Where are a number of Brontë's poems set?
Ancient Rome

Cities

Nature

Whaling ships
12 Where was Brontë born?
Glasgow

Manchester

Thorton

Liverpool
13 What best describes the tone of many of Brontë's poems?
Stormy and intense

Breezy and light

Cold and restrained

Minimal and unclear
14 When did Brontë publish a volume of poetry?
1841

1842

1884

1846
15 How does Brontë frequently characterize love in her poems?
As something volatile and powerful

As something simple and peaceful

As unknown

As inessential and dull
16 What months are being wedded in "A Day Dream"?
May and June

June and August

July and April

January and May
17 What type of conflict usually occurs in Brontë's poetry?
A speaker being oppressed by society

A speaker fighting in a war

A speaker struggling with an existential dilemma

A speaker in a difficult relationship
18 Which of the following is NOT a major theme in Brontë's work?
Death

Love

Time

Technology
19 What was Brontë's father's profession?
Chemist

Pastor

Salesman

Politician
20 What was the name of the fictional land that Brontë and her sister wrote about?
Narnia

Rivendale

The Shire

Gondal
21 Who asked Brontë to publish her poems?
A college professor

Her sister Charlotte

Her father

A newspaper editor
22 What is the main focus of "Remembrance"?
Mountains

Grief

The seasons

Memorials
23 What bird does the speaker compare herself to in "Ah! Why, Because the Dazzling Sun"?
An osprey

A goshawk

A cormorant

A petrel
24 Which image appears in "The night is darkening round me"?
Winds

Pumpkins

Bats

Goblins
25 What character often appears in Brontë's writing?
A gambler

A bard

A warrior

A lover

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