No Coward Soul Is Mine Quizzes

No Coward Soul Is Mine Quiz

1 When was the poem published?

1846

1841

1818

1891
2 What is the poem's central theme?

War

Power

Faith

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

Octaves

Quatrains

Couplets

Sestets
4 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?

"To waken doubt in one"

"Though earth and moon were gone"

"Worthless as withered weeds"

"Changes, sustains, dissolves, creates and rears"
5 What best characterizes the tone of the poem?

Tepid

Fervent

Enraged

Cold
6 Who does the speaker explicitly critique?

People with other beliefs

Kings

Knights

Bishops
7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

ABAB

Free verse

ABCB

ABBA
8 Who wrote "Pied Beauty"?

Emily Brontë

Christina Rossetti

Gerard Manley Hopkins

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"

"Wilted flowers"

"Withered weeds"

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

Emily Dickinson

Charlotte Brontë

Christina Rossetti

Robert Browning
12 How does the speaker portray God?

As just

As human

As omnipotent

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

A stream

Weeds

A rock

An elm tree
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

The she is afraid of the dark

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?

Family

Eternity

Faith

Doubt
16 What does the "steadfast rock" symbolize in the poem?

The immortality of God

The wrath of God

The speaker's sermonizing

The speaker's unchanging routine
17 What does the list of verbs in the fifth stanza mean?

That God does a specific set of tasks every day

That the speaker can literally see God

That God is present everywhere

That the speaker knows a lot of verbs
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?

Unshakeable

Steady

Uncertain

Quick
20 How long is the poem?

Seven stanzas

Two stanzas

Five stanzas

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

Poems

Poems of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell

Poems of Charlotte, Anne and Emily Brontë

The Collected Works of the Brontë Sisters
22 What novel was Brontë well-known for writing?

Jane Eyre

Agnes Grey

Wuthering Heights

Persuasion
23 What were Emily Brontë's sisters' names?

Lydia and Rose

Jane and Sylvia

Charlotte and Anne

Elizabeth and Mary
24 What is the climax of the poem?

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

The speaker's declaration of faith

A description of God's omnipotence

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

Emily Brontë

The speaker

An angel

A pastor

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