Fern Hill Quizzes

Fern Hill Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?
10

6

3

9
2 How many stanzas does the poem have?
7

5

6

8
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 windfall light

The barn

The apple towns

The carrot flowers
5 When was the poem written?
1923

1925

1944

1948
6 What book was Fern Hill published in?
Life and Death

10 Poems

18 Poems

Deaths and Entrances
7 What style of poetry does the poem resemble?
Romantic

Neoclassicist

Classicist

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

Death

Time

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

Yellow

White

Green
10 What is NOT an example of personification?
whinnying green stable

the gay house

Adam and maiden

the cock on his shoulder
11 What book of the Bible is alluded to in the poem?
Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Genesis
12 What legend is referenced?
Beowulf

The Pied Piper

Robin Hood

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

Protestant Christianity

Islam

Catholicism
14 Which is NOT a reason why some critics think Thomas is far from a Christian poet?
He was an adulterer

He abhorred religion

He was influenced by Freud

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

happy and home

clear and cold

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

Mary Magdalene

Eve

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

dying

golden

lovely
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?
Horses

Cows

Owls

Foxes
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 last

It was his first poem

The middle

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

Remorseful

Reminiscent

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

Pigs

Doctors

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

simile

onomatopoeia

allusion
24 Which is an example of a simile?
"“huntsman and herdsman"

"whinnying green stable"

"swallow thronged loft"

"a wanderer white/ with the dew"
25 What country does the legend of the Pied Piper come from?
Russia

Wales

Germany

Italy

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