Fern Hill Quizzes

Fern Hill Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?
3

9

10

6
2 How many stanzas does the poem have?
7

8

5

6
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 apple towns

The barn

The windfall light

The carrot flowers
5 When was the poem written?
1944

1923

1925

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

Deaths and Entrances

18 Poems

Life and Death
7 What style of poetry does the poem resemble?
Neoclassicist

Surrealist

Romantic

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

Youth

Death

Naivete
9 What color is NOT mentioned in the poem?
Golden

Yellow

White

Green
10 What is NOT an example of personification?
Adam and maiden

the gay house

the cock on his shoulder

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

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Leviticus
12 What legend is referenced?
Robin Hood

The Pied Piper

Beowulf

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

Islam

Judaism

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 was an adulterer

He abhorred religion

He wasn't devoutly religious
15 Which example of alliteration does NOT appear in the poem?
happy and home

mercy of his means

huntsman and herdsman

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

Eve

John the Baptist

Mary Magdalene
17 Which word is NOT paired with green?
golden

lovely

dying

carefree
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?
Cows

Horses

Foxes

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

The earth

A prisoner

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

It was his first poem

The last

The beginning
21 What tone does the speaker NOT use?
Reminiscent

Remorseful

Angry

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

Children

Witches

Doctors
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

Germany

Russia

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