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?

Faith

Power

Love

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

Couplets

Sestets

Quatrains

Octaves
4 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?

"To waken doubt in one"

"Though earth and moon were gone"

"Changes, sustains, dissolves, creates and rears"

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

Enraged

Tepid

Fervent

Cold
6 Who does the speaker explicitly critique?

People with other beliefs

Kings

Bishops

Knights
7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

Free verse

ABCB

ABBA

ABAB
8 Who wrote "Pied Beauty"?

Gerard Manley Hopkins

Jane Austen

Emily Brontë

Christina Rossetti
9 What is the genre of the poem?

Love sonnet

Pastoral poetry

Religious poetry

Erasure poetry
10 What image does the speaker use to describe lesser beliefs?

"Wilted flowers"

"Withered weeds"

"Dead shrubs"

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

Charlotte Brontë

Christina Rossetti

Emily Dickinson

Robert Browning
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?

An elm tree

A rock

Weeds

A stream
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?

Doubt

Family

Faith

Eternity
16 What does the "steadfast rock" symbolize in the poem?

The speaker's unchanging routine

The immortality of God

The speaker's sermonizing

The wrath of God
17 What does the list of verbs in the fifth stanza mean?

That the speaker knows a lot of verbs

That God does a specific set of tasks every day

That God is present everywhere

That the speaker can literally see God
18 What is the meaning of the word "creed" in the poem?

Religious belief

Newspaper column

Opinion

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

Uncertain

Quick

Steady

Unshakeable
20 How long is the poem?

Seven stanzas

Five stanzas

Two stanzas

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

The Collected Works of the Brontë Sisters

Poems of Charlotte, Anne and Emily Brontë

Poems of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell

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

Agnes Grey

Persuasion

Jane Eyre

Wuthering Heights
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

The speaker's declaration of faith

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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