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?
5

6

7

8
3 Who owned the farm Fern Hill derives its title from?
Thomas's aunt

No one; it's fictional

Thomas's grandfather

Thomas's father
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?
1944

1948

1923

1925
6 What book was Fern Hill published in?
Deaths and Entrances

10 Poems

18 Poems

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

Neoclassicist

Classicist

Surrealist
8 Which is NOT a major theme of the poem?
Death

Time

Youth

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

Yellow

Green

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

Adam and maiden

the cock on his shoulder

the gay house
11 What book of the Bible is alluded to in the poem?
Numbers

Deuteronomy

Genesis

Leviticus
12 What legend is referenced?
The Pied Piper

The Children's Crusade

Beowulf

Robin Hood
13 In what religion was Thomas raised?
Catholicism

Protestant Christianity

Islam

Judaism
14 Which is NOT a reason why some critics think Thomas is far from a Christian poet?
He was an adulterer

He abhorred religion

He wasn't devoutly religious

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?
Eve

Adam

Mary Magdalene

John the Baptist
17 Which word is NOT paired with green?
golden

carefree

dying

lovely
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?
Foxes

Cows

Owls

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

A martyr

The earth

A prisoner
20 During what period of his career did Thomas write Fern Hill?
It was his first poem

The middle

The last

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

Angry

Happy

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

Witches

Children

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

personification

simile

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?
Russia

Germany

Wales

Italy

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