Fern Hill Quizzes

Fern Hill Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?

3

6

9

10
2 How many stanzas does the poem have?

6

5

8

7
3 Who owned the farm Fern Hill derives its title from?

Thomas's father

Thomas's aunt

Thomas's grandfather

No one; it's fictional
4 What was the speaker the "prince" of?

The carrot flowers

The windfall light

The barn

The apple towns
5 When was the poem written?

1925

1923

1944

1948
6 What book was Fern Hill published in?

Life and Death

10 Poems

Deaths and Entrances

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

Neoclassicist

Classicist

Romantic

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

Youth

Death

Naivete

Time
9 What color is NOT mentioned in the poem?

White

Yellow

Golden

Green
10 What is NOT an example of personification?

the gay house

whinnying green stable

the cock on his shoulder

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

Leviticus

Genesis

Numbers

Deuteronomy
12 What legend is referenced?

Robin Hood

The Pied Piper

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 abhorred religion

He was an adulterer

He was influenced by Freud

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

clear and cold

happy and home

mercy of his means

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

John the Baptist

Eve

Mary Magdalene

Adam
17 Which word is NOT paired with green?

carefree

lovely

dying

golden
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?

Foxes

Horses

Cows

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

A martyr

A prisoner

The sea

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

The beginning

It was his first poem

The last

The middle
21 What tone does the speaker NOT use?

Happy

Remorseful

Reminiscent

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

Witches

Doctors

Pigs

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

allusion

personification

onomatopoeia

simile
24 Which is an example of a simile?

"“huntsman and herdsman"

"whinnying green stable"

"a wanderer white/ with the dew"

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

Russia

Italy

Wales

Germany

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