Fern Hill Quizzes

Fern Hill Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?
9

6

10

3
2 How many stanzas does the poem have?
7

5

8

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

No one; it's fictional

Thomas's aunt

Thomas's father
4 What was the speaker the "prince" of?
The carrot flowers

The windfall light

The barn

The apple towns
5 When was the poem written?
1948

1925

1944

1923
6 What book was Fern Hill published in?
Deaths and Entrances

10 Poems

Life and Death

18 Poems
7 What style of poetry does the poem resemble?
Neoclassicist

Romantic

Classicist

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

Youth

Death

Naivete
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?
Leviticus

Numbers

Genesis

Deuteronomy
12 What legend is referenced?
The Children's Crusade

The Pied Piper

Beowulf

Robin Hood
13 In what religion was Thomas raised?
Islam

Protestant Christianity

Judaism

Catholicism
14 Which is NOT a reason why some critics think Thomas is far from a Christian poet?
He abhorred religion

He wasn't devoutly religious

He was an adulterer

He was influenced by Freud
15 Which example of alliteration does NOT appear in the poem?
mercy of his means

huntsman and herdsman

happy and home

clear and cold
16 Which Biblical character is mentioned by name?
Adam

John the Baptist

Mary Magdalene

Eve
17 Which word is NOT paired with green?
dying

carefree

golden

lovely
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?
Cows

Owls

Horses

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

A martyr

The earth

A prisoner
20 During what period of his career did Thomas write Fern Hill?
The middle

The last

It was his first poem

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

Remorseful

Angry

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

Pigs

Children

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

onomatopoeia

simile

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

"swallow thronged loft"

"“huntsman and herdsman"

"whinnying green stable"
25 What country does the legend of the Pied Piper come from?
Germany

Italy

Russia

Wales

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