Fern Hill Quizzes

Fern Hill Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?

9

6

3

10
2 How many stanzas does the poem have?

5

7

6

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

Thomas's grandfather

Thomas's aunt

No one; it's fictional

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

The carrot flowers

The windfall light

The apple towns

The barn
5 When was the poem written?

1948

1925

1923

1944
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

Neoclassicist

Romantic

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

Naivete

Youth

Death

Time
9 What color is NOT mentioned in the poem?

Golden

Green

Yellow

White
10 What is NOT an example of personification?

whinnying green stable

Adam and maiden

the gay house

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

Numbers

Genesis

Deuteronomy

Leviticus
12 What legend is referenced?

The Children's Crusade

Beowulf

The Pied Piper

Robin Hood
13 In what religion was Thomas raised?

Islam

Judaism

Protestant Christianity

Catholicism
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 influenced by Freud

He was an adulterer
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?

John the Baptist

Eve

Mary Magdalene

Adam
17 Which word is NOT paired with green?

golden

lovely

dying

carefree
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?

Cows

Horses

Owls

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

A martyr

A prisoner

The earth

The sea
20 During what period of his career did Thomas write Fern Hill?

The middle

The last

The beginning

It was his first poem
21 What tone does the speaker NOT use?

Angry

Happy

Reminiscent

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?

simile

personification

onomatopoeia

allusion
24 Which is an example of a simile?

"swallow thronged loft"

"“huntsman and herdsman"

"a wanderer white/ with the dew"

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

Wales

Italy

Germany

Russia

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