Fern Hill Quizzes

Fern Hill Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?

6

10

9

3
2 How many stanzas does the poem have?

5

7

6

8
3 Who owned the farm Fern Hill derives its title from?

Thomas's aunt

Thomas's grandfather

No one; it's fictional

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

The barn

The apple towns

The carrot flowers

The windfall light
5 When was the poem written?

1944

1923

1925

1948
6 What book was Fern Hill published in?

Life and Death

18 Poems

Deaths and Entrances

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

Romantic

Neoclassicist

Surrealist

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

Time

Death

Naivete

Youth
9 What color is NOT mentioned in the poem?

Golden

Yellow

Green

White
10 What is NOT an example of personification?

Adam and maiden

the cock on his shoulder

whinnying green stable

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

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Genesis

Leviticus
12 What legend is referenced?

Beowulf

The Children's Crusade

The Pied Piper

Robin Hood
13 In what religion was Thomas raised?

Judaism

Catholicism

Islam

Protestant Christianity
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?

clear and cold

huntsman and herdsman

happy and home

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

Adam

Mary Magdalene

Eve

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

lovely

dying

golden

carefree
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?

Cows

Horses

Owls

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

The sea

A prisoner

A martyr

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

It was his first poem

The last

The middle

The beginning
21 What tone does the speaker NOT use?

Happy

Angry

Reminiscent

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

Doctors

Pigs

Witches

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

onomatopoeia

allusion

personification

simile
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?

Germany

Russia

Wales

Italy

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