No Coward Soul Is Mine Quizzes

No Coward Soul Is Mine Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
1818

1846

1891

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

Love

War

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

Quatrains

Sestets

Couplets
4 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"Though earth and moon were gone"

"To waken doubt in one"

"Worthless as withered weeds"

"Changes, sustains, dissolves, creates and rears"
5 What best characterizes the tone of the poem?
Enraged

Fervent

Cold

Tepid
6 Who does the speaker explicitly critique?
People with other beliefs

Kings

Knights

Bishops
7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
ABCB

ABBA

ABAB

Free verse
8 Who wrote "Pied Beauty"?
Gerard Manley Hopkins

Jane Austen

Emily Brontë

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

Erasure poetry

Love sonnet

Pastoral poetry
10 What image does the speaker use to describe lesser beliefs?
"Wilted flowers"

"Withered weeds"

"Bare branches"

"Dead shrubs"
11 Who wrote "De Profundis"?
Emily Dickinson

Robert Browning

Charlotte Brontë

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

As just

As human

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

An elm tree

A stream

Weeds
14 What does the speaker mean in the line "And Faith shines equal arming me from Fear"?
That her faith instills strength and power in her

That she is compelled to dramatic action

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?
Faith

Doubt

Family

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

The immortality of God

The speaker's unchanging routine

The speaker's sermonizing
17 What does the list of verbs in the fifth stanza mean?
That the speaker knows a lot of verbs

That God is present everywhere

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?
Line of poetry

Religious belief

Opinion

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

Uncertain

Quick

Steady
20 How long is the poem?
Five stanzas

Two stanzas

Seven stanzas

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

Poems of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell

Poems

The Collected Works of the Brontë Sisters
22 What novel was Brontë well-known for writing?
Wuthering Heights

Agnes Grey

Persuasion

Jane Eyre
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 criticism of people who don't share her faith

A portrayal of a miracle

The speaker's declaration of faith

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

A pastor

Emily Brontë

The speaker

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