Fern Hill Quizzes

Fern Hill Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?

6

9

10

3
2 How many stanzas does the poem have?

7

8

6

5
3 Who owned the farm Fern Hill derives its title from?

No one; it's fictional

Thomas's aunt

Thomas's grandfather

Thomas's father
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?

1948

1923

1925

1944
6 What book was Fern Hill published in?

18 Poems

10 Poems

Deaths and Entrances

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

Classicist

Romantic

Surrealist

Neoclassicist
8 Which is NOT a major theme of the poem?

Youth

Time

Naivete

Death
9 What color is NOT mentioned in the poem?

White

Green

Yellow

Golden
10 What is NOT an example of personification?

the gay house

whinnying green stable

Adam and maiden

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

Leviticus

Genesis

Deuteronomy

Numbers
12 What legend is referenced?

The Pied Piper

The Children's Crusade

Beowulf

Robin Hood
13 In what religion was Thomas raised?

Judaism

Catholicism

Islam

Protestant Christianity
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 influenced by Freud

He was an adulterer
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?

Mary Magdalene

Adam

John the Baptist

Eve
17 Which word is NOT paired with green?

dying

carefree

lovely

golden
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?

Foxes

Owls

Horses

Cows
19 Finish the final line: "Though I sang in my chains like..."

The earth

A prisoner

The sea

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

It was his first poem

The beginning

The middle

The last
21 What tone does the speaker NOT use?

Remorseful

Reminiscent

Angry

Happy
22 Who did the Pied Piper lure out of town?

Pigs

Doctors

Witches

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

allusion

personification

onomatopoeia

simile
24 Which is an example of a simile?

"“huntsman and herdsman"

"a wanderer white/ with the dew"

"whinnying green stable"

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

Russia

Wales

Italy

Germany

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