Fern Hill Quizzes

Fern Hill Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?
6

9

3

10
2 How many stanzas does the poem have?
5

6

8

7
3 Who owned the farm Fern Hill derives its title from?
Thomas's grandfather

No one; it's fictional

Thomas's father

Thomas's aunt
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?
1923

1925

1948

1944
6 What book was Fern Hill published in?
Deaths and Entrances

18 Poems

10 Poems

Life and Death
7 What style of poetry does the poem resemble?
Surrealist

Neoclassicist

Romantic

Classicist
8 Which is NOT a major theme of the poem?
Time

Death

Youth

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

White

Green

Yellow
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

Leviticus

Deuteronomy

Numbers
12 What legend is referenced?
Beowulf

The Pied Piper

The Children's Crusade

Robin Hood
13 In what religion was Thomas raised?
Protestant Christianity

Catholicism

Judaism

Islam
14 Which is NOT a reason why some critics think Thomas is far from a Christian poet?
He was influenced by Freud

He was an adulterer

He wasn't devoutly religious

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?
Mary Magdalene

John the Baptist

Adam

Eve
17 Which word is NOT paired with green?
carefree

lovely

golden

dying
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?
Horses

Cows

Owls

Foxes
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 beginning

The middle

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

Reminiscent

Happy

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

Pigs

Doctors

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

allusion

onomatopoeia

simile
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?
Italy

Germany

Russia

Wales

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