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?
8

7

5

6
3 Who owned the farm Fern Hill derives its title from?
No one; it's fictional

Thomas's aunt

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?
1944

1925

1923

1948
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?
Classicist

Romantic

Surrealist

Neoclassicist
8 Which is NOT a major theme of the poem?
Time

Death

Youth

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

White

Golden

Yellow
10 What is NOT an example of personification?
the gay house

the cock on his shoulder

Adam and maiden

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

Deuteronomy

Numbers

Leviticus
12 What legend is referenced?
Robin Hood

The Pied Piper

Beowulf

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

Islam

Judaism

Catholicism
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 wasn't devoutly religious

He was an adulterer
15 Which example of alliteration does NOT appear in the poem?
happy and home

clear and cold

huntsman and herdsman

mercy of his means
16 Which Biblical character is mentioned by name?
John the Baptist

Eve

Adam

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

carefree

lovely

golden
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?
Foxes

Owls

Cows

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

A prisoner

A martyr

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

The middle

It was his first poem

The last
21 What tone does the speaker NOT use?
Remorseful

Angry

Happy

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

Pigs

Doctors

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

onomatopoeia

personification

allusion
24 Which is an example of a simile?
"whinnying green stable"

"swallow thronged loft"

"“huntsman and herdsman"

"a wanderer white/ with the dew"
25 What country does the legend of the Pied Piper come from?
Russia

Germany

Italy

Wales

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