Fern Hill Quizzes

Fern Hill Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?
10

3

9

6
2 How many stanzas does the poem have?
7

6

5

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

Thomas's father

Thomas's grandfather

No one; it's fictional
4 What was the speaker the "prince" of?
The apple towns

The windfall light

The barn

The carrot flowers
5 When was the poem written?
1948

1944

1923

1925
6 What book was Fern Hill published in?
10 Poems

Life and Death

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

Naivete

Youth

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

Yellow

Green

White
10 What is NOT an example of personification?
Adam and maiden

whinnying green stable

the gay house

the cock on his shoulder
11 What book of the Bible is alluded to in the poem?
Numbers

Leviticus

Genesis

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

The Pied Piper

Beowulf

Robin Hood
13 In what religion was Thomas raised?
Catholicism

Judaism

Islam

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 abhorred religion

He was an adulterer

He was influenced by Freud
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

Eve

John the Baptist

Adam
17 Which word is NOT paired with green?
carefree

golden

dying

lovely
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 martyr

A prisoner

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

The beginning

The last

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

Reminiscent

Remorseful

Happy
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

personification

allusion

onomatopoeia
24 Which is an example of a simile?
"swallow thronged loft"

"a wanderer white/ with the dew"

"“huntsman and herdsman"

"whinnying green stable"
25 What country does the legend of the Pied Piper come from?
Germany

Italy

Russia

Wales

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