No Coward Soul Is Mine Quizzes

No Coward Soul Is Mine Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
1818

1841

1891

1846
2 What is the poem's central theme?
Faith

Love

Power

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

Octaves

Quatrains

Sestets
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?
Cold

Tepid

Enraged

Fervent
6 Who does the speaker explicitly critique?
Knights

Kings

People with other beliefs

Bishops
7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
ABCB

ABBA

Free verse

ABAB
8 Who wrote "Pied Beauty"?
Christina Rossetti

Gerard Manley Hopkins

Jane Austen

Emily Brontë
9 What is the genre of the poem?
Erasure poetry

Love sonnet

Pastoral poetry

Religious poetry
10 What image does the speaker use to describe lesser beliefs?
"Withered weeds"

"Bare branches"

"Wilted flowers"

"Dead shrubs"
11 Who wrote "De Profundis"?
Charlotte Brontë

Robert Browning

Christina Rossetti

Emily Dickinson
12 How does the speaker portray God?
As omnipotent

As wrathful

As just

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

A stream

Weeds

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 her faith gives her literal armor

That she is compelled to dramatic action

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

Doubt

Eternity

Faith
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 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

Line of poetry

Religious belief
19 What is the meaning of the word "steadfast" in the poem?
Quick

Unshakeable

Uncertain

Steady
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?
Poems of Charlotte, Anne and Emily Brontë

The Collected Works of the Brontë Sisters

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?
Jane and Sylvia

Charlotte and Anne

Lydia and Rose

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

A portrayal of a miracle

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

An angel

The speaker

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