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?
Power

Faith

War

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

Octaves

Couplets

Sestets
4 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"Changes, sustains, dissolves, creates and rears"

"Though earth and moon were gone"

"Worthless as withered weeds"

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

Fervent

Tepid

Enraged
6 Who does the speaker explicitly critique?
People with other beliefs

Kings

Knights

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

ABBA

ABAB

Free verse
8 Who wrote "Pied Beauty"?
Emily Brontë

Gerard Manley Hopkins

Christina Rossetti

Jane Austen
9 What is the genre of the poem?
Religious poetry

Love sonnet

Pastoral poetry

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

"Dead shrubs"

"Wilted flowers"

"Withered weeds"
11 Who wrote "De Profundis"?
Christina Rossetti

Emily Dickinson

Robert Browning

Charlotte Brontë
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

An elm tree

A stream

Weeds
14 What does the speaker mean in the line "And Faith shines equal arming me from Fear"?
That her faith instills strength and power in her

That she is compelled to dramatic action

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?
Family

Faith

Doubt

Eternity
16 What does the "steadfast rock" symbolize in the poem?
The immortality of God

The speaker's sermonizing

The wrath of God

The speaker's unchanging routine
17 What does the list of verbs in the fifth stanza mean?
That God is present everywhere

That the speaker can literally see God

That God does a specific set of tasks every day

That the speaker knows a lot of verbs
18 What is the meaning of the word "creed" in the poem?
Line of poetry

Religious belief

Opinion

Newspaper column
19 What is the meaning of the word "steadfast" in the poem?
Quick

Steady

Unshakeable

Uncertain
20 How long is the poem?
Five stanzas

Seven stanzas

Two stanzas

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

Poems of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell

The Collected Works of the Brontë Sisters

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

Persuasion

Wuthering Heights

Agnes Grey
23 What were Emily Brontë's sisters' names?
Lydia and Rose

Elizabeth and Mary

Jane and Sylvia

Charlotte and Anne
24 What is the climax of the poem?
A description of God's omnipotence

The speaker's declaration of faith

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

A portrayal of a miracle
25 Who is the protagonist of the poem?
An angel

Emily Brontë

The speaker

A pastor

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