No Coward Soul Is Mine Quizzes

No Coward Soul Is Mine Quiz

1 When was the poem published?

1841

1818

1891

1846
2 What is the poem's central theme?

Love

War

Faith

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

Quatrains

Sestets

Couplets

Octaves
4 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?

"Worthless as withered weeds"

"To waken doubt in one"

"Changes, sustains, dissolves, creates and rears"

"Though earth and moon were gone"
5 What best characterizes the tone of the poem?

Tepid

Fervent

Cold

Enraged
6 Who does the speaker explicitly critique?

Knights

Kings

Bishops

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

ABBA

Free verse

ABCB

ABAB
8 Who wrote "Pied Beauty"?

Jane Austen

Emily Brontë

Gerard Manley Hopkins

Christina Rossetti
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?

"Wilted flowers"

"Bare branches"

"Withered weeds"

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

Emily Dickinson

Robert Browning

Charlotte Brontë

Christina Rossetti
12 How does the speaker portray God?

As omnipotent

As wrathful

As human

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

An elm tree

A stream

Weeds

A rock
14 What does the speaker mean in the line "And Faith shines equal arming me from Fear"?

That her faith gives her literal armor

That she is compelled to dramatic action

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?

Family

Eternity

Faith

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

The speaker's unchanging routine

The speaker's sermonizing

The wrath of God

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

That the speaker can literally see God

That God does a specific set of tasks every day

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?

Line of poetry

Newspaper column

Opinion

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

Unshakeable

Quick

Steady

Uncertain
20 How long is the poem?

Seven stanzas

Five stanzas

Two stanzas

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

Poems

Poems of Charlotte, Anne and Emily Brontë

Poems of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell

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?

Lydia and Rose

Charlotte and Anne

Jane and Sylvia

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

A portrayal of a miracle

The speaker's declaration of faith

A description of God's omnipotence

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

A pastor

The speaker

An angel

Emily Brontë

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