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?

6

5

7

8
3 Who owned the farm Fern Hill derives its title from?

Thomas's grandfather

Thomas's father

Thomas's aunt

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

The barn

The apple towns

The carrot flowers

The windfall light
5 When was the poem written?

1944

1948

1923

1925
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?

Surrealist

Neoclassicist

Classicist

Romantic
8 Which is NOT a major theme of the poem?

Youth

Death

Naivete

Time
9 What color is NOT mentioned in the poem?

Green

Yellow

White

Golden
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?

Deuteronomy

Genesis

Leviticus

Numbers
12 What legend is referenced?

The Children's Crusade

Robin Hood

The Pied Piper

Beowulf
13 In what religion was Thomas raised?

Protestant Christianity

Islam

Catholicism

Judaism
14 Which is NOT a reason why some critics think Thomas is far from a Christian poet?

He abhorred religion

He was an adulterer

He was influenced by Freud

He wasn't devoutly religious
15 Which example of alliteration does NOT appear in the poem?

clear and cold

happy and home

mercy of his means

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

Eve

Adam

John the Baptist

Mary Magdalene
17 Which word is NOT paired with green?

golden

carefree

lovely

dying
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?

Owls

Foxes

Horses

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 beginning

It was his first poem

The middle

The last
21 What tone does the speaker NOT use?

Reminiscent

Remorseful

Happy

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

Doctors

Witches

Children

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"

"“huntsman and herdsman"

"a wanderer white/ with the dew"

"swallow thronged loft"
25 What country does the legend of the Pied Piper come from?

Wales

Italy

Russia

Germany

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