No Coward Soul Is Mine Quizzes

No Coward Soul Is Mine Quiz

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1 When was the poem published?

1818

1846

1841

1891
2 What is the poem's central theme?

War

Faith

Love

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

Octaves

Couplets

Sestets

Quatrains
4 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?

"Though earth and moon were gone"

"Worthless as withered weeds"

"Changes, sustains, dissolves, creates and rears"

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

Fervent

Enraged

Tepid

Cold
6 Who does the speaker explicitly critique?

Bishops

Kings

Knights

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

ABBA

Free verse

ABAB

ABCB
8 Who wrote "Pied Beauty"?

Emily Brontë

Gerard Manley Hopkins

Christina Rossetti

Jane Austen
9 What is the genre of the poem?

Religious poetry

Pastoral poetry

Love sonnet

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

"Wilted flowers"

"Dead shrubs"

"Withered weeds"

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

Christina Rossetti

Robert Browning

Emily Dickinson

Charlotte Brontë
12 How does the speaker portray God?

As omnipotent

As human

As wrathful

As just
13 Which of the following is not an image in the poem?

Weeds

A stream

A rock

An elm tree
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?

Doubt

Eternity

Faith

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 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?

Newspaper column

Opinion

Religious belief

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

Steady

Quick

Uncertain

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?

The Collected Works of the Brontë Sisters

Poems

Poems of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell

Poems of Charlotte, Anne and Emily Brontë
22 What novel was Brontë well-known for writing?

Persuasion

Agnes Grey

Wuthering Heights

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

Charlotte and Anne

Lydia and Rose

Elizabeth and Mary

Jane and Sylvia
24 What is the climax of the poem?

A portrayal of a miracle

The speaker's declaration of faith

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

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

A pastor

Emily Brontë

The speaker

An angel

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