Fern Hill Quizzes

Fern Hill Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?
6

9

3

10
2 How many stanzas does the poem have?
5

6

8

7
3 Who owned the farm Fern Hill derives its title from?
No one; it's fictional

Thomas's grandfather

Thomas's aunt

Thomas's father
4 What was the speaker the "prince" of?
The apple towns

The barn

The windfall light

The carrot flowers
5 When was the poem written?
1944

1923

1925

1948
6 What book was Fern Hill published in?
Life and Death

Deaths and Entrances

10 Poems

18 Poems
7 What style of poetry does the poem resemble?
Neoclassicist

Surrealist

Romantic

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

Death

Naivete

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

Green

Golden

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

whinnying green stable

the cock on his shoulder

Adam and maiden
11 What book of the Bible is alluded to in the poem?
Numbers

Genesis

Deuteronomy

Leviticus
12 What legend is referenced?
The Pied Piper

Beowulf

Robin Hood

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

Catholicism

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 abhorred religion

He was influenced by Freud

He was an adulterer
15 Which example of alliteration does NOT appear in the poem?
clear and cold

huntsman and herdsman

mercy of his means

happy and home
16 Which Biblical character is mentioned by name?
Mary Magdalene

John the Baptist

Eve

Adam
17 Which word is NOT paired with green?
carefree

dying

golden

lovely
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?
Cows

Owls

Foxes

Horses
19 Finish the final line: "Though I sang in my chains like..."
The earth

A prisoner

A martyr

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

It was his first poem

The last

The middle
21 What tone does the speaker NOT use?
Happy

Reminiscent

Remorseful

Angry
22 Who did the Pied Piper lure out of town?
Witches

Children

Pigs

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

simile

onomatopoeia

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

"swallow thronged loft"

"whinnying green stable"

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

Russia

Italy

Wales

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