No Coward Soul Is Mine Quizzes

No Coward Soul Is Mine Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
1841

1818

1846

1891
2 What is the poem's central theme?
Power

Faith

War

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

Octaves

Couplets

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

"Though earth and moon were gone"

"To waken doubt in one"

"Worthless as withered weeds"
5 What best characterizes the tone of the poem?
Enraged

Cold

Fervent

Tepid
6 Who does the speaker explicitly critique?
Kings

Bishops

Knights

People with other beliefs
7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
ABBA

ABAB

Free verse

ABCB
8 Who wrote "Pied Beauty"?
Emily Brontë

Jane Austen

Gerard Manley Hopkins

Christina Rossetti
9 What is the genre of the poem?
Religious poetry

Pastoral poetry

Erasure poetry

Love sonnet
10 What image does the speaker use to describe lesser beliefs?
"Wilted flowers"

"Dead shrubs"

"Withered weeds"

"Bare branches"
11 Who wrote "De Profundis"?
Christina Rossetti

Robert Browning

Charlotte Brontë

Emily Dickinson
12 How does the speaker portray God?
As omnipotent

As just

As human

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

A rock

Weeds

An elm tree
14 What does the speaker mean in the line "And Faith shines equal arming me from Fear"?
That her faith gives her literal armor

That she is compelled to dramatic action

That her faith instills strength and power in her

The she is afraid of the dark
15 Which of the following is NOT a theme in the poem?
Family

Eternity

Faith

Doubt
16 What does the "steadfast rock" symbolize in the poem?
The wrath of God

The speaker's unchanging routine

The immortality of God

The speaker's sermonizing
17 What does the list of verbs in the fifth stanza mean?
That God does a specific set of tasks every day

That the speaker can literally see God

That God is present everywhere

That the speaker knows a lot of verbs
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?
Steady

Quick

Uncertain

Unshakeable
20 How long is the poem?
Seven stanzas

Two stanzas

Five stanzas

Fourteen stanzas
21 What was the name of the collection this poem was published in?
Poems

Poems of Charlotte, Anne and Emily Brontë

The Collected Works of the Brontë Sisters

Poems of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell
22 What novel was Brontë well-known for writing?
Wuthering Heights

Jane Eyre

Agnes Grey

Persuasion
23 What were Emily Brontë's sisters' names?
Jane and Sylvia

Elizabeth and Mary

Lydia and Rose

Charlotte and Anne
24 What is the climax of the poem?
The speaker's declaration of faith

The speaker's criticism of people who don't share her faith

A portrayal of a miracle

A description of God's omnipotence
25 Who is the protagonist of the poem?
A pastor

The speaker

An angel

Emily Brontë

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