No Coward Soul Is Mine Quizzes

No Coward Soul Is Mine Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
1818

1891

1846

1841
2 What is the poem's central theme?
Faith

Love

War

Power
3 What kind of stanzas is the poem made up of?
Sestets

Couplets

Octaves

Quatrains
4 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"Changes, sustains, dissolves, creates and rears"

"Worthless as withered weeds"

"Though earth and moon were gone"

"To waken doubt in one"
5 What best characterizes the tone of the poem?
Tepid

Fervent

Enraged

Cold
6 Who does the speaker explicitly critique?
Knights

Bishops

People with other beliefs

Kings
7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
ABBA

Free verse

ABCB

ABAB
8 Who wrote "Pied Beauty"?
Gerard Manley Hopkins

Christina Rossetti

Jane Austen

Emily Brontë
9 What is the genre of the poem?
Love sonnet

Erasure poetry

Pastoral poetry

Religious poetry
10 What image does the speaker use to describe lesser beliefs?
"Bare branches"

"Wilted flowers"

"Withered weeds"

"Dead shrubs"
11 Who wrote "De Profundis"?
Charlotte Brontë

Robert Browning

Emily Dickinson

Christina Rossetti
12 How does the speaker portray God?
As omnipotent

As wrathful

As just

As human
13 Which of the following is not an image in the poem?
A stream

A rock

An elm tree

Weeds
14 What does the speaker mean in the line "And Faith shines equal arming me from Fear"?
That she is compelled to dramatic action

That her faith instills strength and power in her

The she is afraid of the dark

That her faith gives her literal armor
15 Which of the following is NOT a theme in the poem?
Faith

Doubt

Eternity

Family
16 What does the "steadfast rock" symbolize in the poem?
The speaker's sermonizing

The immortality of God

The wrath of God

The speaker's unchanging routine
17 What does the list of verbs in the fifth stanza mean?
That God is present everywhere

That the speaker knows a lot of verbs

That the speaker can literally see God

That God does a specific set of tasks every day
18 What is the meaning of the word "creed" in the poem?
Opinion

Religious belief

Newspaper column

Line of poetry
19 What is the meaning of the word "steadfast" in the poem?
Uncertain

Steady

Unshakeable

Quick
20 How long is the poem?
Two stanzas

Seven stanzas

Five stanzas

Fourteen stanzas
21 What was the name of the collection this poem was published in?
The Collected Works of the Brontë Sisters

Poems

Poems of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell

Poems of Charlotte, Anne and Emily Brontë
22 What novel was Brontë well-known for writing?
Jane Eyre

Wuthering Heights

Persuasion

Agnes Grey
23 What were Emily Brontë's sisters' names?
Elizabeth and Mary

Lydia and Rose

Jane and Sylvia

Charlotte and Anne
24 What is the climax of the poem?
The speaker's criticism of people who don't share her faith

A portrayal of a miracle

A description of God's omnipotence

The speaker's declaration of faith
25 Who is the protagonist of the poem?
The speaker

An angel

A pastor

Emily Brontë

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