Fern Hill Quizzes

Fern Hill Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?

3

6

9

10
2 How many stanzas does the poem have?

8

5

6

7
3 Who owned the farm Fern Hill derives its title from?

No one; it's fictional

Thomas's aunt

Thomas's father

Thomas's grandfather
4 What was the speaker the "prince" of?

The windfall light

The apple towns

The carrot flowers

The barn
5 When was the poem written?

1944

1925

1923

1948
6 What book was Fern Hill published in?

Deaths and Entrances

Life and Death

18 Poems

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

Classicist

Romantic

Surrealist

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

Death

Time

Naivete

Youth
9 What color is NOT mentioned in the poem?

White

Green

Yellow

Golden
10 What is NOT an example of personification?

the cock on his shoulder

Adam and maiden

whinnying green stable

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

Genesis

Numbers

Leviticus

Deuteronomy
12 What legend is referenced?

The Pied Piper

The Children's Crusade

Beowulf

Robin Hood
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 wasn't devoutly religious

He was influenced by Freud

He was an adulterer

He abhorred religion
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?

John the Baptist

Eve

Adam

Mary Magdalene
17 Which word is NOT paired with green?

carefree

lovely

dying

golden
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?

Owls

Horses

Foxes

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?

The beginning

The middle

The last

It was his first poem
21 What tone does the speaker NOT use?

Remorseful

Angry

Reminiscent

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

Children

Witches

Pigs

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

personification

simile

onomatopoeia

allusion
24 Which is an example of a simile?

"whinnying green stable"

"“huntsman and herdsman"

"swallow thronged loft"

"a wanderer white/ with the dew"
25 What country does the legend of the Pied Piper come from?

Germany

Wales

Russia

Italy

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