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1 How many lines does each stanza have?

6

10

3

9
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 grandfather

Thomas's father

Thomas's aunt

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

The apple towns

The windfall light

The barn

The carrot flowers
5 When was the poem written?

1925

1923

1948

1944
6 What book was Fern Hill published in?

18 Poems

Deaths and Entrances

Life and Death

10 Poems
7 What style of poetry does the poem resemble?

Classicist

Romantic

Neoclassicist

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

Time

Naivete

Youth

Death
9 What color is NOT mentioned in the poem?

White

Yellow

Green

Golden
10 What is NOT an example of personification?

Adam and maiden

whinnying green stable

the cock on his shoulder

the gay house
11 What book of the Bible is alluded to in the poem?

Deuteronomy

Leviticus

Genesis

Numbers
12 What legend is referenced?

Beowulf

Robin Hood

The Children's Crusade

The Pied Piper
13 In what religion was Thomas raised?

Protestant Christianity

Catholicism

Judaism

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

He abhorred religion

He was an adulterer

He wasn't devoutly religious

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

happy and home

mercy of his means

clear and cold

huntsman and herdsman
16 Which Biblical character is mentioned by name?

Eve

John the Baptist

Mary Magdalene

Adam
17 Which word is NOT paired with green?

lovely

dying

carefree

golden
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?

Foxes

Horses

Owls

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

A prisoner

The earth

A martyr

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

The beginning

The middle

It was his first poem

The last
21 What tone does the speaker NOT use?

Happy

Angry

Reminiscent

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

Pigs

Witches

Children

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

simile

onomatopoeia

allusion

personification
24 Which is an example of a simile?

"a wanderer white/ with the dew"

"swallow thronged loft"

"whinnying green stable"

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

Germany

Wales

Russia

Italy

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