Fern Hill Quizzes

Fern Hill Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?
9

10

6

3
2 How many stanzas does the poem have?
7

6

5

8
3 Who owned the farm Fern Hill derives its title from?
Thomas's grandfather

Thomas's father

No one; it's fictional

Thomas's aunt
4 What was the speaker the "prince" of?
The apple towns

The carrot flowers

The windfall light

The barn
5 When was the poem written?
1923

1948

1944

1925
6 What book was Fern Hill published in?
10 Poems

18 Poems

Deaths and Entrances

Life and Death
7 What style of poetry does the poem resemble?
Romantic

Neoclassicist

Surrealist

Classicist
8 Which is NOT a major theme of the poem?
Time

Death

Naivete

Youth
9 What color is NOT mentioned in the poem?
Green

White

Yellow

Golden
10 What is NOT an example of personification?
the cock on his shoulder

Adam and maiden

the gay house

whinnying green stable
11 What book of the Bible is alluded to in the poem?
Numbers

Deuteronomy

Genesis

Leviticus
12 What legend is referenced?
Beowulf

Robin Hood

The Children's Crusade

The Pied Piper
13 In what religion was Thomas raised?
Judaism

Catholicism

Protestant Christianity

Islam
14 Which is NOT a reason why some critics think Thomas is far from a Christian poet?
He wasn't devoutly religious

He was influenced by Freud

He was an adulterer

He abhorred religion
15 Which example of alliteration does NOT appear in the poem?
huntsman and herdsman

clear and cold

mercy of his means

happy and home
16 Which Biblical character is mentioned by name?
Eve

John the Baptist

Mary Magdalene

Adam
17 Which word is NOT paired with green?
carefree

golden

dying

lovely
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?
Owls

Horses

Cows

Foxes
19 Finish the final line: "Though I sang in my chains like..."
A prisoner

The earth

The sea

A martyr
20 During what period of his career did Thomas write Fern Hill?
The beginning

The middle

The last

It was his first poem
21 What tone does the speaker NOT use?
Remorseful

Happy

Reminiscent

Angry
22 Who did the Pied Piper lure out of town?
Pigs

Doctors

Children

Witches
23 What poetic device is NOT used in the poem?
allusion

simile

personification

onomatopoeia
24 Which is an example of a simile?
"a wanderer white/ with the dew"

"whinnying green stable"

"swallow thronged loft"

"“huntsman and herdsman"
25 What country does the legend of the Pied Piper come from?
Germany

Wales

Russia

Italy

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