Fern Hill Quizzes

Fern Hill Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?
3

10

9

6
2 How many stanzas does the poem have?
6

8

7

5
3 Who owned the farm Fern Hill derives its title from?
Thomas's aunt

No one; it's fictional

Thomas's father

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

The windfall light

The carrot flowers

The barn
5 When was the poem written?
1948

1923

1925

1944
6 What book was Fern Hill published in?
10 Poems

Deaths and Entrances

Life and Death

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

Surrealist

Romantic

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

Naivete

Time

Youth
9 What color is NOT mentioned in the poem?
White

Green

Golden

Yellow
10 What is NOT an example of personification?
Adam and maiden

whinnying green stable

the gay house

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

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Genesis
12 What legend is referenced?
The Children's Crusade

Beowulf

Robin Hood

The Pied Piper
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 was an adulterer

He abhorred religion

He was influenced by Freud

He wasn't devoutly religious
15 Which example of alliteration does NOT appear in the poem?
mercy of his means

clear and cold

huntsman and herdsman

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

Eve

John the Baptist

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

dying

golden

carefree
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?
Horses

Cows

Foxes

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

A martyr

A prisoner

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?
Reminiscent

Angry

Remorseful

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

Witches

Doctors

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

simile

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?
Italy

Wales

Germany

Russia

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