No Coward Soul Is Mine Quizzes

No Coward Soul Is Mine Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
1846

1818

1841

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

Love

Power

Faith
3 What kind of stanzas is the poem made up of?
Octaves

Couplets

Quatrains

Sestets
4 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"Worthless as withered weeds"

"Though earth and moon were gone"

"Changes, sustains, dissolves, creates and rears"

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

Cold

Enraged

Tepid
6 Who does the speaker explicitly critique?
Knights

Bishops

Kings

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

ABBA

Free verse

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

Jane Austen

Christina Rossetti

Emily Brontë
9 What is the genre of the poem?
Erasure poetry

Pastoral poetry

Love sonnet

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

"Withered weeds"

"Dead shrubs"

"Wilted flowers"
11 Who wrote "De Profundis"?
Robert Browning

Emily Dickinson

Charlotte Brontë

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

As omnipotent

As human

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

A stream

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

That her faith gives her literal armor

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

Faith

Doubt

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 the speaker can literally see God

That God does a specific set of tasks every day

That the speaker knows a lot of verbs

That God is present everywhere
18 What is the meaning of the word "creed" in the poem?
Opinion

Religious belief

Line of poetry

Newspaper column
19 What is the meaning of the word "steadfast" in the poem?
Steady

Uncertain

Quick

Unshakeable
20 How long is the poem?
Fourteen stanzas

Five stanzas

Seven stanzas

Two stanzas
21 What was the name of the collection this poem was published in?
Poems of Charlotte, Anne and Emily Brontë

The Collected Works of the Brontë Sisters

Poems of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell

Poems
22 What novel was Brontë well-known for writing?
Wuthering Heights

Persuasion

Agnes Grey

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

Elizabeth and Mary

Charlotte and Anne

Lydia and Rose
24 What is the climax of the poem?
A description of God's omnipotence

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

A portrayal of a miracle

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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