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?
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 apple towns

The barn
5 When was the poem written?
1925

1923

1948

1944
6 What book was Fern Hill published in?
Deaths and Entrances

Life and Death

10 Poems

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

Romantic

Classicist

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

Death

Time

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

Golden

White

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

the cock on his shoulder

Adam and maiden

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

Deuteronomy

Numbers

Leviticus
12 What legend is referenced?
Robin Hood

The Pied Piper

Beowulf

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

Islam

Catholicism

Judaism
14 Which is NOT a reason why some critics think Thomas is far from a Christian poet?
He wasn't devoutly religious

He abhorred religion

He was an adulterer

He was influenced by Freud
15 Which example of alliteration does NOT appear in the poem?
clear and cold

mercy of his means

huntsman and herdsman

happy and home
16 Which Biblical character is mentioned by name?
John the Baptist

Eve

Adam

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

lovely

dying

carefree
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?
Owls

Foxes

Horses

Cows
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

The last

The beginning

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

Reminiscent

Angry

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

Pigs

Doctors

Witches
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"

"“huntsman and herdsman"

"a wanderer white/ with the dew"

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

Russia

Wales

Italy

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