Fern Hill Quizzes

Fern Hill Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?
9

6

10

3
2 How many stanzas does the poem have?
6

7

8

5
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 apple towns

The barn

The carrot flowers
5 When was the poem written?
1944

1925

1923

1948
6 What book was Fern Hill published in?
10 Poems

18 Poems

Life and Death

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

Classicist

Romantic

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

Time

Death

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

Green

Yellow

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

Adam and maiden

whinnying green stable

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

Numbers

Deuteronomy

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

The Pied Piper

Beowulf

Robin Hood
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 wasn't devoutly religious

He was influenced by Freud

He was an adulterer

He abhorred religion
15 Which example of alliteration does NOT appear in the poem?
happy and home

mercy of his means

clear and cold

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

John the Baptist

Adam

Mary Magdalene
17 Which word is NOT paired with green?
dying

golden

carefree

lovely
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?
Cows

Foxes

Owls

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

The earth

A martyr

A prisoner
20 During what period of his career did Thomas write Fern Hill?
It was his first poem

The beginning

The last

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

Remorseful

Reminiscent

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

Doctors

Witches

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

simile

onomatopoeia

allusion
24 Which is an example of a simile?
"a wanderer white/ with the dew"

"swallow thronged loft"

"“huntsman and herdsman"

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

Russia

Italy

Wales

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