Fern Hill Quizzes

Fern Hill Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?
10

6

3

9
2 How many stanzas does the poem have?
6

5

8

7
3 Who owned the farm Fern Hill derives its title from?
Thomas's father

No one; it's fictional

Thomas's grandfather

Thomas's aunt
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

1948

1925

1923
6 What book was Fern Hill published in?
Life and Death

18 Poems

Deaths and Entrances

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

Surrealist

Romantic

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

Death

Time

Naivete
9 What color is NOT mentioned in the poem?
Green

Golden

White

Yellow
10 What is NOT an example of personification?
the gay house

Adam and maiden

the cock on his shoulder

whinnying green stable
11 What book of the Bible is alluded to in the poem?
Leviticus

Deuteronomy

Numbers

Genesis
12 What legend is referenced?
Robin Hood

Beowulf

The Pied Piper

The Children's Crusade
13 In what religion was Thomas raised?
Protestant Christianity

Judaism

Catholicism

Islam
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?
mercy of his means

happy and home

clear and cold

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

Adam

John the Baptist

Eve
17 Which word is NOT paired with green?
golden

lovely

carefree

dying
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?
Horses

Owls

Foxes

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

The earth

The sea

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

It was his first poem

The last

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

Reminiscent

Happy

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

Pigs

Doctors

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

personification

allusion

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

"whinnying green stable"

"swallow thronged loft"

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

Russia

Germany

Wales

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