Fern Hill Quizzes

Fern Hill Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?
6

3

9

10
2 How many stanzas does the poem have?
5

8

6

7
3 Who owned the farm Fern Hill derives its title from?
No one; it's fictional

Thomas's aunt

Thomas's grandfather

Thomas's father
4 What was the speaker the "prince" of?
The windfall light

The carrot flowers

The barn

The apple towns
5 When was the poem written?
1925

1944

1923

1948
6 What book was Fern Hill published in?
18 Poems

Deaths and Entrances

Life and Death

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

Romantic

Classicist

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

Death

Naivete

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

Yellow

Golden

White
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

Deuteronomy

Genesis

Numbers
12 What legend is referenced?
The Pied Piper

Robin Hood

Beowulf

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

Protestant Christianity

Judaism

Catholicism
14 Which is NOT a reason why some critics think Thomas is far from a Christian poet?
He was an adulterer

He wasn't devoutly religious

He was influenced by Freud

He abhorred religion
15 Which example of alliteration does NOT appear in the poem?
happy and home

mercy of his means

clear and cold

huntsman and herdsman
16 Which Biblical character is mentioned by name?
Mary Magdalene

Adam

John the Baptist

Eve
17 Which word is NOT paired with green?
lovely

carefree

dying

golden
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?
Owls

Cows

Horses

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

The sea

A martyr

A prisoner
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?
Reminiscent

Remorseful

Happy

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

Witches

Children

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

personification

onomatopoeia

simile
24 Which is an example of a simile?
"a wanderer white/ with the dew"

"swallow thronged loft"

"“huntsman and herdsman"

"whinnying green stable"
25 What country does the legend of the Pied Piper come from?
Italy

Germany

Wales

Russia

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