No Coward Soul Is Mine Quizzes

No Coward Soul Is Mine Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
1846

1841

1818

1891
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

Quatrains

Sestets
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?
Tepid

Enraged

Cold

Fervent
6 Who does the speaker explicitly critique?
Knights

Kings

Bishops

People with other beliefs
7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
Free verse

ABBA

ABAB

ABCB
8 Who wrote "Pied Beauty"?
Emily Brontë

Jane Austen

Gerard Manley Hopkins

Christina Rossetti
9 What is the genre of the poem?
Love sonnet

Pastoral poetry

Religious poetry

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

"Bare branches"

"Withered weeds"

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

Charlotte Brontë

Christina Rossetti

Robert Browning
12 How does the speaker portray God?
As wrathful

As omnipotent

As just

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

Weeds

A rock

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 instills strength and power in her

That her faith gives her literal armor

That she is compelled to dramatic action
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 wrath of God

The immortality of God

The speaker's sermonizing

The speaker's unchanging routine
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 knows a lot of verbs

That God is present everywhere

That the speaker can literally see God
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?
Unshakeable

Uncertain

Quick

Steady
20 How long is the poem?
Seven stanzas

Fourteen stanzas

Two 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

The Collected Works of the Brontë Sisters

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

Agnes Grey

Wuthering Heights

Persuasion
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

A portrayal of a miracle

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

The speaker's declaration of faith
25 Who is the protagonist of the poem?
The speaker

A pastor

An angel

Emily Brontë

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