No Coward Soul Is Mine Quizzes

No Coward Soul Is Mine Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
1841

1846

1891

1818
2 What is the poem's central theme?
Power

Faith

Love

War
3 What kind of stanzas is the poem made up of?
Couplets

Quatrains

Octaves

Sestets
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?
Fervent

Cold

Tepid

Enraged
6 Who does the speaker explicitly critique?
Bishops

Kings

Knights

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

ABCB

ABAB

ABBA
8 Who wrote "Pied Beauty"?
Christina Rossetti

Jane Austen

Gerard Manley Hopkins

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

Erasure poetry

Religious poetry

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"?
Christina Rossetti

Robert Browning

Emily Dickinson

Charlotte Brontë
12 How does the speaker portray God?
As human

As wrathful

As just

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

Weeds

A stream

An elm tree
14 What does the speaker mean in the line "And Faith shines equal arming me from Fear"?
The she is afraid of the dark

That she is compelled to dramatic action

That her faith gives her literal armor

That her faith instills strength and power in her
15 Which of the following is NOT a theme in the poem?
Family

Faith

Doubt

Eternity
16 What does the "steadfast rock" symbolize in the poem?
The speaker's unchanging routine

The speaker's sermonizing

The immortality of God

The wrath of God
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 knows a lot of verbs

That the speaker can literally see God

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

Religious belief

Newspaper column

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

Uncertain

Steady

Quick
20 How long is the poem?
Fourteen stanzas

Seven stanzas

Two stanzas

Five 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

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

Agnes Grey

Persuasion

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

Lydia and Rose

Jane and Sylvia

Elizabeth and Mary
24 What is the climax of the poem?
The speaker's declaration of faith

A portrayal of a miracle

A description of God's omnipotence

The speaker's criticism of people who don't share her faith
25 Who is the protagonist of the poem?
An angel

A pastor

The speaker

Emily Brontë

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