No Coward Soul Is Mine Quizzes

No Coward Soul Is Mine Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
1891

1846

1841

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

Love

Faith

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

Sestets

Octaves

Couplets
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?
Tepid

Cold

Fervent

Enraged
6 Who does the speaker explicitly critique?
Kings

Bishops

Knights

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

ABCB

Free verse

ABAB
8 Who wrote "Pied Beauty"?
Christina Rossetti

Gerard Manley Hopkins

Emily Brontë

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?
"Dead shrubs"

"Bare branches"

"Wilted flowers"

"Withered weeds"
11 Who wrote "De Profundis"?
Robert Browning

Christina Rossetti

Emily Dickinson

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

As just

As human

As wrathful
13 Which of the following is not an image in the poem?
A stream

A rock

An elm tree

Weeds
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 instills strength and power in her

That she is compelled to dramatic action

That her faith gives her literal armor
15 Which of the following is NOT a theme in the poem?
Eternity

Family

Faith

Doubt
16 What does the "steadfast rock" symbolize in the poem?
The speaker's sermonizing

The speaker's unchanging routine

The wrath of God

The immortality of God
17 What does the list of verbs in the fifth stanza mean?
That the speaker can literally see God

That the speaker knows a lot of verbs

That God does a specific set of tasks every day

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

Opinion

Newspaper column

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

Uncertain

Unshakeable

Quick
20 How long is the poem?
Five stanzas

Two stanzas

Fourteen stanzas

Seven 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?
Persuasion

Wuthering Heights

Agnes Grey

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

Charlotte and Anne

Jane and Sylvia

Elizabeth and Mary
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?
Emily Brontë

A pastor

An angel

The speaker

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