Fern Hill Quizzes

Fern Hill Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?

9

3

10

6
2 How many stanzas does the poem have?

6

7

5

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

Thomas's aunt

No one; it's fictional

Thomas's grandfather

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

The windfall light

The barn

The carrot flowers

The apple towns
5 When was the poem written?

1944

1925

1923

1948
6 What book was Fern Hill published in?

18 Poems

10 Poems

Life and Death

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

Neoclassicist

Classicist

Surrealist

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

Naivete

Death

Time

Youth
9 What color is NOT mentioned in the poem?

Yellow

Golden

Green

White
10 What is NOT an example of personification?

Adam and maiden

the cock on his shoulder

whinnying green stable

the gay house
11 What book of the Bible is alluded to in the poem?

Leviticus

Genesis

Deuteronomy

Numbers
12 What legend is referenced?

The Children's Crusade

Beowulf

The Pied Piper

Robin Hood
13 In what religion was Thomas raised?

Islam

Judaism

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 abhorred religion

He was influenced by Freud

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

huntsman and herdsman

mercy of his means

happy and home

clear and cold
16 Which Biblical character is mentioned by name?

Eve

Adam

Mary Magdalene

John the Baptist
17 Which word is NOT paired with green?

golden

carefree

dying

lovely
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?

Owls

Foxes

Cows

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

The sea

The earth

A prisoner

A martyr
20 During what period of his career did Thomas write Fern Hill?

It was his first poem

The last

The beginning

The middle
21 What tone does the speaker NOT use?

Reminiscent

Angry

Happy

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

Pigs

Children

Witches

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

allusion

onomatopoeia

simile

personification
24 Which is an example of a simile?

"swallow thronged loft"

"whinnying green stable"

"“huntsman and herdsman"

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

Wales

Italy

Germany

Russia

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