Fern Hill Quizzes

Fern Hill Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?
10

3

6

9
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 father

Thomas's aunt

Thomas's grandfather
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

1948

1923
6 What book was Fern Hill published in?
18 Poems

Life and Death

Deaths and Entrances

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

Surrealist

Neoclassicist

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

Death

Time

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

Golden

Green

Yellow
10 What is NOT an example of personification?
the cock on his shoulder

whinnying green stable

the gay house

Adam and maiden
11 What book of the Bible is alluded to in the poem?
Deuteronomy

Genesis

Numbers

Leviticus
12 What legend is referenced?
The Children's Crusade

The Pied Piper

Beowulf

Robin Hood
13 In what religion was Thomas raised?
Islam

Judaism

Protestant Christianity

Catholicism
14 Which is NOT a reason why some critics think Thomas is far from a Christian poet?
He was influenced by Freud

He abhorred religion

He wasn't devoutly religious

He was an adulterer
15 Which example of alliteration does NOT appear in the poem?
huntsman and herdsman

clear and cold

mercy of his means

happy and home
16 Which Biblical character is mentioned by name?
Adam

Mary Magdalene

John the Baptist

Eve
17 Which word is NOT paired with green?
carefree

dying

golden

lovely
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?
Foxes

Cows

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 beginning

The middle

The last

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

Remorseful

Reminiscent

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

Children

Witches

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

personification

simile

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

"“huntsman and herdsman"

"swallow thronged loft"

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

Germany

Russia

Wales

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