No Coward Soul Is Mine Quizzes

No Coward Soul Is Mine Quiz

1 When was the poem published?

1841

1818

1846

1891
2 What is the poem's central theme?

Power

Love

War

Faith
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"

"Worthless as withered weeds"

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

Enraged

Cold

Fervent

Tepid
6 Who does the speaker explicitly critique?

Knights

People with other beliefs

Bishops

Kings
7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

ABAB

ABCB

ABBA

Free verse
8 Who wrote "Pied Beauty"?

Christina Rossetti

Emily Brontë

Jane Austen

Gerard Manley Hopkins
9 What is the genre of the poem?

Religious poetry

Erasure poetry

Pastoral poetry

Love sonnet
10 What image does the speaker use to describe lesser beliefs?

"Bare branches"

"Wilted flowers"

"Dead shrubs"

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

Robert Browning

Emily Dickinson

Christina Rossetti

Charlotte Brontë
12 How does the speaker portray God?

As omnipotent

As just

As human

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

An elm tree

A rock

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 her faith gives her literal armor

That she is compelled to dramatic action

The she is afraid of the dark
15 Which of the following is NOT a theme in the poem?

Doubt

Eternity

Family

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

The wrath of God

The speaker's unchanging routine

The speaker's sermonizing

The immortality of God
17 What does the list of verbs in the fifth stanza mean?

That the speaker knows a lot of verbs

That God does a specific set of tasks every day

That the speaker can literally see God

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

Opinion

Newspaper column

Religious belief

Line of poetry
19 What is the meaning of the word "steadfast" in the poem?

Unshakeable

Steady

Uncertain

Quick
20 How long is the poem?

Five stanzas

Seven stanzas

Fourteen stanzas

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

Poems of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell

Poems of Charlotte, Anne and Emily Brontë

Poems

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

Wuthering Heights

Persuasion

Jane Eyre

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

Jane and Sylvia

Lydia and Rose

Charlotte and Anne

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

A description of God's omnipotence

The speaker's declaration of faith

A portrayal of a miracle

The speaker's criticism of people who don't share her faith
25 Who is the protagonist of the poem?

Emily Brontë

A pastor

An angel

The speaker

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