No Coward Soul Is Mine Quizzes

No Coward Soul Is Mine Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
1841

1818

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?
Quatrains

Octaves

Sestets

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

"Though earth and moon were gone"

"To waken doubt in one"

"Worthless as withered weeds"
5 What best characterizes the tone of the poem?
Enraged

Tepid

Fervent

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

Bishops

Kings

Knights
7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
ABAB

ABBA

ABCB

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

Gerard Manley Hopkins

Christina Rossetti

Jane Austen
9 What is the genre of the poem?
Love sonnet

Religious poetry

Pastoral poetry

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"?
Christina Rossetti

Charlotte Brontë

Emily Dickinson

Robert Browning
12 How does the speaker portray God?
As just

As wrathful

As omnipotent

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 she is compelled to dramatic action

That her faith gives her literal armor

The she is afraid of the dark

That her faith instills strength and power in her
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 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 God does a specific set of tasks every day

That the speaker can literally see God

That the speaker knows a lot of verbs

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

Opinion

Newspaper column

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

Quick

Uncertain

Steady
20 How long is the poem?
Fourteen stanzas

Two stanzas

Seven stanzas

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

The Collected Works of the Brontë Sisters

Poems of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell

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

Agnes Grey

Persuasion

Wuthering Heights
23 What were Emily Brontë's sisters' names?
Elizabeth and Mary

Lydia and Rose

Charlotte and Anne

Jane and Sylvia
24 What is the climax of the poem?
The speaker's declaration of faith

A description of God's omnipotence

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?
The speaker

Emily Brontë

A pastor

An angel

No Coward Soul Is Mine Questions and Answers

The Question and Answer section for No Coward Soul Is Mine is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.

Ask Your Own Question

Study Guide for No Coward Soul Is Mine

No Coward Soul Is Mine study guide contains a biography of Emily Bronte, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

Read the Study Guide for No Coward Soul Is Mine…