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

Love

Power

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

Octaves

Couplets

Sestets

Quatrains
4 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?

"Though earth and moon were gone"

"Changes, sustains, dissolves, creates and rears"

"To waken doubt in one"

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

Tepid

Enraged

Cold

Fervent
6 Who does the speaker explicitly critique?

People with other beliefs

Knights

Bishops

Kings
7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

ABAB

ABCB

ABBA

Free verse
8 Who wrote "Pied Beauty"?

Jane Austen

Gerard Manley Hopkins

Emily Brontë

Christina Rossetti
9 What is the genre of the poem?

Pastoral poetry

Love sonnet

Religious poetry

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

"Bare branches"

"Dead shrubs"

"Withered weeds"

"Wilted flowers"
11 Who wrote "De Profundis"?

Christina Rossetti

Charlotte Brontë

Emily Dickinson

Robert Browning
12 How does the speaker portray God?

As omnipotent

As wrathful

As just

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

Weeds

An elm tree

A stream

A rock
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

The she is afraid of the dark

That her faith gives her literal armor
15 Which of the following is NOT a theme in the poem?

Faith

Eternity

Doubt

Family
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 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?

Religious belief

Opinion

Line of poetry

Newspaper column
19 What is the meaning of the word "steadfast" in the poem?

Quick

Steady

Uncertain

Unshakeable
20 How long is the poem?

Fourteen stanzas

Five stanzas

Seven stanzas

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

Poems

The Collected Works of the Brontë Sisters

Poems of Charlotte, Anne and Emily Brontë

Poems of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell
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

Charlotte and Anne

Lydia and Rose

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

The speaker's declaration of faith

A description of God's omnipotence

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?

The speaker

An angel

Emily Brontë

A pastor

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