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?
7

8

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 barn

The windfall light

The apple towns

The carrot flowers
5 When was the poem written?
1925

1944

1923

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

10 Poems

Life and Death

Deaths and Entrances
7 What style of poetry does the poem resemble?
Surrealist

Neoclassicist

Romantic

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

Time

Youth

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

Green

Golden

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

whinnying green stable

the gay house

Adam and maiden
11 What book of the Bible is alluded to in the poem?
Deuteronomy

Genesis

Numbers

Leviticus
12 What legend is referenced?
Beowulf

Robin Hood

The Children's Crusade

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

Judaism

Protestant Christianity

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

He was influenced by Freud

He was an adulterer

He wasn't devoutly religious
15 Which example of alliteration does NOT appear in the poem?
happy and home

mercy of his means

huntsman and herdsman

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

Mary Magdalene

Eve

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

carefree

lovely

golden
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?
Foxes

Owls

Cows

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

A prisoner

A martyr

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

The beginning

It was his first poem

The last
21 What tone does the speaker NOT use?
Angry

Reminiscent

Happy

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

Children

Witches

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

allusion

simile

personification
24 Which is an example of a simile?
"swallow thronged loft"

"a wanderer white/ with the dew"

"“huntsman and herdsman"

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

Wales

Russia

Italy

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