Fern Hill Quizzes

Fern Hill Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?
6

10

9

3
2 How many stanzas does the poem have?
7

5

6

8
3 Who owned the farm Fern Hill derives its title from?
No one; it's fictional

Thomas's father

Thomas's aunt

Thomas's grandfather
4 What was the speaker the "prince" of?
The barn

The carrot flowers

The windfall light

The apple towns
5 When was the poem written?
1923

1948

1944

1925
6 What book was Fern Hill published in?
Life and Death

Deaths and Entrances

10 Poems

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

Classicist

Neoclassicist

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

Naivete

Death

Time
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

the cock on his shoulder

Adam and maiden
11 What book of the Bible is alluded to in the poem?
Numbers

Genesis

Deuteronomy

Leviticus
12 What legend is referenced?
Beowulf

The Pied Piper

Robin Hood

The Children's Crusade
13 In what religion was Thomas raised?
Islam

Catholicism

Judaism

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

He abhorred religion

He was an adulterer

He wasn't devoutly religious
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

Adam

Eve

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

dying

lovely

carefree
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?
Owls

Cows

Foxes

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

The sea

A martyr

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

The middle

It was his first poem

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

Happy

Remorseful

Reminiscent
22 Who did the Pied Piper lure out of town?
Witches

Children

Doctors

Pigs
23 What poetic device is NOT used in the poem?
onomatopoeia

simile

allusion

personification
24 Which is an example of a simile?
"“huntsman and herdsman"

"swallow thronged loft"

"a wanderer white/ with the dew"

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

Russia

Wales

Italy

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