No Coward Soul Is Mine Quizzes

No Coward Soul Is Mine Quiz

1 When was the poem published?

1818

1841

1891

1846
2 What is the poem's central theme?

War

Love

Power

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

Sestets

Quatrains

Octaves

Couplets
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

Knights

Bishops
7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

Free verse

ABAB

ABCB

ABBA
8 Who wrote "Pied Beauty"?

Gerard Manley Hopkins

Jane Austen

Christina Rossetti

Emily Brontë
9 What is the genre of the poem?

Religious poetry

Love sonnet

Pastoral poetry

Erasure poetry
10 What image does the speaker use to describe lesser beliefs?

"Wilted flowers"

"Bare branches"

"Dead shrubs"

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

Charlotte Brontë

Robert Browning

Emily Dickinson

Christina Rossetti
12 How does the speaker portray God?

As just

As omnipotent

As wrathful

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 her faith instills strength and power in her

That she is compelled to dramatic action

That her faith gives her literal armor

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

Doubt

Family

Eternity

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

The immortality of God

The wrath of God

The speaker's unchanging routine

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

That the speaker knows a lot of verbs

That the speaker can literally see God

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?

Unshakeable

Steady

Quick

Uncertain
20 How long is the poem?

Seven stanzas

Two stanzas

Fourteen stanzas

Five 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

Jane Eyre

Persuasion

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

Elizabeth and Mary

Lydia and Rose

Jane and Sylvia

Charlotte and Anne
24 What is the climax of the poem?

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

A description of God's omnipotence

The speaker's declaration of faith

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

A pastor

The speaker

An angel

Emily Brontë

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