Fern Hill Quizzes

Fern Hill Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?
3

6

9

10
2 How many stanzas does the poem have?
7

5

8

6
3 Who owned the farm Fern Hill derives its title from?
Thomas's father

Thomas's aunt

Thomas's grandfather

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

The carrot flowers

The windfall light

The barn
5 When was the poem written?
1948

1925

1944

1923
6 What book was Fern Hill published in?
Deaths and Entrances

Life and Death

18 Poems

10 Poems
7 What style of poetry does the poem resemble?
Classicist

Neoclassicist

Surrealist

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

Naivete

Time

Death
9 What color is NOT mentioned in the poem?
Green

Yellow

Golden

White
10 What is NOT an example of personification?
whinnying green stable

the gay house

Adam and maiden

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

Judaism

Catholicism
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?
mercy of his means

huntsman and herdsman

happy and home

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

John the Baptist

Mary Magdalene

Eve
17 Which word is NOT paired with green?
carefree

dying

golden

lovely
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?
Horses

Foxes

Cows

Owls
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

It was his first poem

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

Remorseful

Reminiscent

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

Doctors

Children

Witches
23 What poetic device is NOT used in the poem?
allusion

personification

onomatopoeia

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

"“huntsman and herdsman"

"swallow thronged loft"

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

Wales

Russia

Italy

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