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?
5

7

6

8
3 Who owned the farm Fern Hill derives its title from?
Thomas's aunt

No one; it's fictional

Thomas's father

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

The apple towns

The windfall light

The barn
5 When was the poem written?
1944

1925

1948

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

10 Poems

18 Poems

Deaths and Entrances
7 What style of poetry does the poem resemble?
Neoclassicist

Romantic

Surrealist

Classicist
8 Which is NOT a major theme of the poem?
Death

Youth

Time

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

White

Green

Golden
10 What is NOT an example of personification?
the cock on his shoulder

the gay house

Adam and maiden

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

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Genesis
12 What legend is referenced?
The Children's Crusade

Beowulf

Robin Hood

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

Protestant Christianity

Judaism

Catholicism
14 Which is NOT a reason why some critics think Thomas is far from a Christian poet?
He abhorred religion

He was influenced by Freud

He wasn't devoutly religious

He was an adulterer
15 Which example of alliteration does NOT appear in the poem?
mercy of his means

clear and cold

happy and home

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

Adam

Mary Magdalene

Eve
17 Which word is NOT paired with green?
lovely

dying

golden

carefree
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?
Horses

Owls

Cows

Foxes
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 last

The middle

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

Reminiscent

Angry

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

Pigs

Witches

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

onomatopoeia

simile

personification
24 Which is an example of a simile?
"“huntsman and herdsman"

"whinnying green stable"

"swallow thronged loft"

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

Germany

Italy

Wales

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