Fern Hill Quizzes

Fern Hill Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?

3

10

6

9
2 How many stanzas does the poem have?

7

8

6

5
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?

Neoclassicist

Surrealist

Romantic

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

Naivete

Youth

Death

Time
9 What color is NOT mentioned in the poem?

Golden

White

Green

Yellow
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

Leviticus

Genesis

Deuteronomy
12 What legend is referenced?

The Pied Piper

Beowulf

The Children's Crusade

Robin Hood
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 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?

happy and home

clear and cold

huntsman and herdsman

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

Mary Magdalene

Adam

John the Baptist

Eve
17 Which word is NOT paired with green?

carefree

dying

lovely

golden
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?

Cows

Foxes

Horses

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

The earth

The sea

A prisoner

A martyr
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?

Angry

Remorseful

Reminiscent

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

Children

Doctors

Witches

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

simile

allusion

onomatopoeia

personification
24 Which is an example of a simile?

"whinnying green stable"

"“huntsman and herdsman"

"swallow thronged loft"

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

Germany

Italy

Wales

Russia

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