No Coward Soul Is Mine Quizzes

No Coward Soul Is Mine Quiz

1 When was the poem published?

1891

1818

1841

1846
2 What is the poem's central theme?

Faith

Power

War

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

Couplets

Octaves

Sestets

Quatrains
4 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?

"To waken doubt in one"

"Worthless as withered weeds"

"Changes, sustains, dissolves, creates and rears"

"Though earth and moon were gone"
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

Bishops

Knights
7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

ABBA

ABAB

ABCB

Free verse
8 Who wrote "Pied Beauty"?

Jane Austen

Christina Rossetti

Gerard Manley Hopkins

Emily Brontë
9 What is the genre of the poem?

Erasure poetry

Pastoral poetry

Religious poetry

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

"Bare branches"

"Withered weeds"

"Wilted flowers"

"Dead shrubs"
11 Who wrote "De Profundis"?

Charlotte Brontë

Emily Dickinson

Robert Browning

Christina Rossetti
12 How does the speaker portray God?

As human

As omnipotent

As wrathful

As just
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?

Eternity

Family

Faith

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

The speaker's unchanging routine

The immortality of God

The wrath of God

The speaker's sermonizing
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 the speaker knows a lot of verbs

That God does a specific set of tasks every day
18 What is the meaning of the word "creed" in the poem?

Opinion

Line of poetry

Newspaper column

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

Uncertain

Unshakeable

Steady

Quick
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?

The Collected Works of the Brontë Sisters

Poems of Charlotte, Anne and Emily Brontë

Poems of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell

Poems
22 What novel was Brontë well-known for writing?

Agnes Grey

Persuasion

Jane Eyre

Wuthering Heights
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 criticism of people who don't share her faith

The speaker's declaration of faith

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

A pastor

Emily Brontë

The speaker

An angel

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