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?

5

8

6

7
3 Who owned the farm Fern Hill derives its title from?

Thomas's father

Thomas's grandfather

Thomas's aunt

No one; it's fictional
4 What was the speaker the "prince" of?

The barn

The apple towns

The windfall light

The carrot flowers
5 When was the poem written?

1948

1944

1925

1923
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?

Surrealist

Romantic

Classicist

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

Death

Time

Naivete

Youth
9 What color is NOT mentioned in the poem?

Golden

Yellow

White

Green
10 What is NOT an example of personification?

whinnying green stable

Adam and maiden

the gay house

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

Deuteronomy

Numbers

Genesis

Leviticus
12 What legend is referenced?

The Children's Crusade

Robin Hood

The Pied Piper

Beowulf
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 wasn't devoutly religious

He abhorred religion

He was an adulterer

He was influenced by Freud
15 Which example of alliteration does NOT appear in the poem?

huntsman and herdsman

mercy of his means

happy and home

clear and cold
16 Which Biblical character is mentioned by name?

John the Baptist

Mary Magdalene

Adam

Eve
17 Which word is NOT paired with green?

dying

carefree

lovely

golden
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?

Horses

Owls

Foxes

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

A martyr

The earth

The sea

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

The last

The middle

The beginning

It was his first poem
21 What tone does the speaker NOT use?

Reminiscent

Happy

Angry

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

Doctors

Witches

Children

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

simile

personification

allusion

onomatopoeia
24 Which is an example of a simile?

"swallow thronged loft"

"whinnying green stable"

"a wanderer white/ with the dew"

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

Wales

Italy

Russia

Germany

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