Fern Hill Quizzes

Fern Hill Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?

6

3

10

9
2 How many stanzas does the poem have?

7

8

5

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 windfall light

The barn

The apple towns

The carrot flowers
5 When was the poem written?

1925

1948

1923

1944
6 What book was Fern Hill published in?

Deaths and Entrances

10 Poems

Life and Death

18 Poems
7 What style of poetry does the poem resemble?

Romantic

Surrealist

Neoclassicist

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

Naivete

Death

Youth

Time
9 What color is NOT mentioned in the poem?

White

Green

Golden

Yellow
10 What is NOT an example of personification?

Adam and maiden

the cock on his shoulder

the gay house

whinnying green stable
11 What book of the Bible is alluded to in the poem?

Genesis

Deuteronomy

Leviticus

Numbers
12 What legend is referenced?

Beowulf

The Pied Piper

Robin Hood

The Children's Crusade
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 abhorred religion

He wasn't devoutly religious

He was an adulterer

He was influenced by Freud
15 Which example of alliteration does NOT appear in the poem?

huntsman and herdsman

mercy of his means

clear and cold

happy and home
16 Which Biblical character is mentioned by name?

Adam

Mary Magdalene

John the Baptist

Eve
17 Which word is NOT paired with green?

golden

dying

carefree

lovely
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?

Owls

Horses

Cows

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

A martyr

The earth

The sea

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

The beginning

It was his first poem

The last

The middle
21 What tone does the speaker NOT use?

Angry

Happy

Remorseful

Reminiscent
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

simile

allusion

onomatopoeia
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

Russia

Germany

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