Fern Hill Quizzes

Fern Hill Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?
10

3

6

9
2 How many stanzas does the poem have?
7

6

8

5
3 Who owned the farm Fern Hill derives its title from?
No one; it's fictional

Thomas's father

Thomas's aunt

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

The barn

The apple towns

The windfall light
5 When was the poem written?
1925

1948

1944

1923
6 What book was Fern Hill published in?
10 Poems

18 Poems

Deaths and Entrances

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

Surrealist

Romantic

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

Youth

Naivete

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

Golden

Green

White
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?
Numbers

Genesis

Deuteronomy

Leviticus
12 What legend is referenced?
Beowulf

The Children's Crusade

Robin Hood

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

Islam

Catholicism

Protestant Christianity
14 Which is NOT a reason why some critics think Thomas is far from a Christian poet?
He wasn't devoutly religious

He was an adulterer

He abhorred religion

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

clear and cold

happy and home

mercy of his means
16 Which Biblical character is mentioned by name?
John the Baptist

Mary Magdalene

Eve

Adam
17 Which word is NOT paired with green?
carefree

dying

lovely

golden
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?
Cows

Horses

Owls

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

The earth

A prisoner

The sea
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

Remorseful

Happy

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

Doctors

Witches

Pigs
23 What poetic device is NOT used in the poem?
simile

allusion

personification

onomatopoeia
24 Which is an example of a simile?
"whinnying green stable"

"swallow thronged loft"

"“huntsman and herdsman"

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

Wales

Italy

Russia

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