Fern Hill Quizzes

Fern Hill Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?

10

9

3

6
2 How many stanzas does the poem have?

6

8

7

5
3 Who owned the farm Fern Hill derives its title from?

No one; it's fictional

Thomas's grandfather

Thomas's father

Thomas's aunt
4 What was the speaker the "prince" of?

The apple towns

The barn

The windfall light

The carrot flowers
5 When was the poem written?

1948

1925

1944

1923
6 What book was Fern Hill published in?

Deaths and Entrances

Life and Death

18 Poems

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?

Youth

Naivete

Death

Time
9 What color is NOT mentioned in the poem?

White

Yellow

Green

Golden
10 What is NOT an example of personification?

the cock on his shoulder

Adam and maiden

the gay house

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

Genesis

Leviticus

Deuteronomy

Numbers
12 What legend is referenced?

Robin Hood

The Children's Crusade

The Pied Piper

Beowulf
13 In what religion was Thomas raised?

Protestant Christianity

Catholicism

Islam

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

He was influenced by Freud

He wasn't devoutly religious

He was an adulterer

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

happy and home

huntsman and herdsman

mercy of his means

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

Eve

Adam

John the Baptist

Mary Magdalene
17 Which word is NOT paired with green?

golden

dying

carefree

lovely
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?

Cows

Owls

Horses

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

The sea

The earth

A martyr

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

The middle

The beginning

The last

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

Reminiscent

Happy

Remorseful

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

Children

Doctors

Witches

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

personification

onomatopoeia

allusion

simile
24 Which is an example of a simile?

"whinnying green stable"

"a wanderer white/ with the dew"

"“huntsman and herdsman"

"swallow thronged loft"
25 What country does the legend of the Pied Piper come from?

Italy

Germany

Wales

Russia

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