1 When was the poem published? 1891 1841 1818 1846 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 Sestets Octaves 4 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "Though earth and moon were gone" "Changes, sustains, dissolves, creates and rears" "Worthless as withered weeds" "To waken doubt in one" 5 What best characterizes the tone of the poem? Cold Tepid Enraged Fervent 6 Who does the speaker explicitly critique? Knights Kings Bishops People with other beliefs 7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem? Free verse ABBA ABAB ABCB 8 Who wrote "Pied Beauty"? Gerard Manley Hopkins Jane Austen Christina Rossetti Emily Brontë 9 What is the genre of the poem? Pastoral poetry Erasure poetry Religious poetry Love sonnet 10 What image does the speaker use to describe lesser beliefs? "Withered weeds" "Wilted flowers" "Dead shrubs" "Bare branches" 11 Who wrote "De Profundis"? Emily Dickinson Robert Browning Christina Rossetti Charlotte Brontë 12 How does the speaker portray God? As human As just As wrathful 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 her faith gives her literal armor That her faith instills strength and power in her That she is compelled to dramatic action 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 speaker's unchanging routine The wrath of God The speaker's sermonizing The immortality 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 Line of poetry 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? Seven stanzas Fourteen 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 Poems of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell Poems The Collected Works of the Brontë Sisters 22 What novel was Brontë well-known for writing? Agnes Grey Persuasion Jane Eyre Wuthering Heights 23 What were Emily Brontë's sisters' names? Charlotte and Anne Elizabeth and Mary Lydia and Rose Jane and Sylvia 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? An angel A pastor The speaker Emily Brontë