No Coward Soul Is Mine Quizzes

No Coward Soul Is Mine Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
1846

1818

1891

1841
2 What is the poem's central theme?
War

Faith

Power

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

Sestets

Octaves

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

"To waken doubt in one"

"Though earth and moon were gone"

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

Tepid

Enraged

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

Knights

Kings

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

ABAB

Free verse

ABBA
8 Who wrote "Pied Beauty"?
Jane Austen

Christina Rossetti

Gerard Manley Hopkins

Emily Brontë
9 What is the genre of the poem?
Love sonnet

Pastoral poetry

Erasure poetry

Religious 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"?
Emily Dickinson

Christina Rossetti

Charlotte Brontë

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 rock

Weeds

An elm tree

A stream
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?
Doubt

Family

Faith

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

The wrath of God

The immortality of God

The speaker's unchanging routine
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 is present everywhere

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

Steady

Unshakeable

Uncertain
20 How long is the poem?
Two stanzas

Five 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

Elizabeth and Mary

Charlotte and Anne

Jane and Sylvia
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?
The speaker

An angel

A pastor

Emily Brontë

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