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?
8

5

7

6
3 Who owned the farm Fern Hill derives its title from?
Thomas's aunt

Thomas's father

No one; it's fictional

Thomas's grandfather
4 What was the speaker the "prince" of?
The windfall light

The apple towns

The barn

The carrot flowers
5 When was the poem written?
1925

1923

1944

1948
6 What book was Fern Hill published in?
10 Poems

Deaths and Entrances

18 Poems

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

Romantic

Classicist

Surrealist
8 Which is NOT a major theme of the poem?
Youth

Death

Naivete

Time
9 What color is NOT mentioned in the poem?
Yellow

Golden

White

Green
10 What is NOT an example of personification?
whinnying green stable

Adam and maiden

the gay house

the cock on his shoulder
11 What book of the Bible is alluded to in the poem?
Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Genesis
12 What legend is referenced?
Robin Hood

The Children's Crusade

Beowulf

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

Protestant Christianity

Catholicism

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?
clear and cold

huntsman and herdsman

happy and home

mercy of his means
16 Which Biblical character is mentioned by name?
John the Baptist

Mary Magdalene

Adam

Eve
17 Which word is NOT paired with green?
golden

carefree

lovely

dying
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?
Cows

Foxes

Owls

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

A martyr

The earth

The sea
20 During what period of his career did Thomas write Fern Hill?
It was his first poem

The last

The middle

The beginning
21 What tone does the speaker NOT use?
Remorseful

Angry

Happy

Reminiscent
22 Who did the Pied Piper lure out of town?
Children

Witches

Doctors

Pigs
23 What poetic device is NOT used in the poem?
personification

allusion

onomatopoeia

simile
24 Which is an example of a simile?
"whinnying green stable"

"a wanderer white/ with the dew"

"swallow thronged loft"

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

Wales

Russia

Germany

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