Fern Hill Quizzes

Fern Hill Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?
9

3

6

10
2 How many stanzas does the poem have?
8

7

5

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

Thomas's grandfather

Thomas's aunt

No one; it's fictional
4 What was the speaker the "prince" of?
The windfall light

The carrot flowers

The barn

The apple towns
5 When was the poem written?
1944

1925

1948

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

10 Poems

18 Poems

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

Romantic

Neoclassicist

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

Time

Youth

Death
9 What color is NOT mentioned in the poem?
Golden

White

Green

Yellow
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?
Genesis

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy
12 What legend is referenced?
Robin Hood

The Pied Piper

The Children's Crusade

Beowulf
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 was an adulterer

He wasn't devoutly religious

He abhorred religion

He was influenced by Freud
15 Which example of alliteration does NOT appear in the poem?
happy and home

huntsman and herdsman

mercy of his means

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

Eve

Adam

John the Baptist
17 Which word is NOT paired with green?
lovely

dying

carefree

golden
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?
Foxes

Cows

Horses

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

The earth

A martyr

A prisoner
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

Angry

Happy

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

Pigs

Doctors

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

onomatopoeia

allusion

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

"whinnying green stable"

"“huntsman and herdsman"

"swallow thronged loft"
25 What country does the legend of the Pied Piper come from?
Russia

Germany

Italy

Wales

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