Fern Hill Quizzes

Fern Hill Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?

10

3

6

9
2 How many stanzas does the poem have?

7

5

8

6
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 carrot flowers

The windfall light

The barn

The apple towns
5 When was the poem written?

1923

1925

1944

1948
6 What book was Fern Hill published in?

10 Poems

Life and Death

18 Poems

Deaths and Entrances
7 What style of poetry does the poem resemble?

Classicist

Surrealist

Romantic

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

Death

Youth

Naivete

Time
9 What color is NOT mentioned in the poem?

Yellow

Golden

White

Green
10 What is NOT an example of personification?

the cock on his shoulder

whinnying green stable

Adam and maiden

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

Numbers

Leviticus

Genesis

Deuteronomy
12 What legend is referenced?

Beowulf

The Children's Crusade

The Pied Piper

Robin Hood
13 In what religion was Thomas raised?

Protestant Christianity

Catholicism

Judaism

Islam
14 Which is NOT a reason why some critics think Thomas is far from a Christian poet?

He wasn't devoutly religious

He was an adulterer

He abhorred religion

He was influenced by Freud
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?

Eve

Adam

Mary Magdalene

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

lovely

carefree

golden

dying
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?

Horses

Cows

Foxes

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

The sea

A martyr

A prisoner

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

The last

It was his first poem

The beginning

The middle
21 What tone does the speaker NOT use?

Remorseful

Reminiscent

Happy

Angry
22 Who did the Pied Piper lure out of town?

Doctors

Pigs

Children

Witches
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"

"a wanderer white/ with the dew"

"“huntsman and herdsman"
25 What country does the legend of the Pied Piper come from?

Russia

Germany

Wales

Italy

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