1 When was the poem published? 1818 1891 1846 1841 2 What is the poem's central theme? Faith Love War Power 3 What kind of stanzas is the poem made up of? Octaves Couplets Quatrains Sestets 4 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "Changes, sustains, dissolves, creates and rears" "Though earth and moon were gone" "To waken doubt in one" "Worthless as withered weeds" 5 What best characterizes the tone of the poem? Tepid Enraged Fervent Cold 6 Who does the speaker explicitly critique? People with other beliefs Knights Bishops Kings 7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem? ABCB ABAB ABBA Free verse 8 Who wrote "Pied Beauty"? Christina Rossetti Gerard Manley Hopkins Emily Brontë Jane Austen 9 What is the genre of the poem? Religious poetry Pastoral poetry Love sonnet Erasure poetry 10 What image does the speaker use to describe lesser beliefs? "Bare branches" "Withered weeds" "Dead shrubs" "Wilted flowers" 11 Who wrote "De Profundis"? Charlotte Brontë Robert Browning Christina Rossetti Emily Dickinson 12 How does the speaker portray God? As human As omnipotent As just As wrathful 13 Which of the following is not an image in the poem? A stream Weeds A rock An elm tree 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 her faith instills strength and power in her That she is compelled to dramatic action The she is afraid of the dark 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 wrath of God The speaker's unchanging routine The speaker's sermonizing The immortality of God 17 What does the list of verbs in the fifth stanza mean? That God is present everywhere 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 18 What is the meaning of the word "creed" in the poem? Line of poetry Opinion Religious belief Newspaper column 19 What is the meaning of the word "steadfast" in the poem? Quick Uncertain Steady Unshakeable 20 How long is the poem? Two stanzas Fourteen stanzas Seven stanzas Five stanzas 21 What was the name of the collection this poem was published in? Poems Poems of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell Poems of Charlotte, Anne and Emily Brontë The Collected Works of the Brontë Sisters 22 What novel was Brontë well-known for writing? Agnes Grey Wuthering Heights Jane Eyre Persuasion 23 What were Emily Brontë's sisters' names? Lydia and Rose Charlotte and Anne Elizabeth and Mary Jane and Sylvia 24 What is the climax of the poem? The speaker's criticism of people who don't share her faith The speaker's declaration of faith A portrayal of a miracle A description of God's omnipotence 25 Who is the protagonist of the poem? Emily Brontë A pastor The speaker An angel
