Fern Hill Quizzes

Fern Hill Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?

10

9

3

6
2 How many stanzas does the poem have?

5

7

8

6
3 Who owned the farm Fern Hill derives its title from?

Thomas's father

No one; it's fictional

Thomas's aunt

Thomas's grandfather
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?

1944

1923

1948

1925
6 What book was Fern Hill published in?

18 Poems

10 Poems

Life and Death

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

Neoclassicist

Classicist

Romantic

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

Death

Youth

Time

Naivete
9 What color is NOT mentioned in the poem?

Golden

Yellow

Green

White
10 What is NOT an example of personification?

the gay house

Adam and maiden

the cock on his shoulder

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

Genesis

Leviticus

Deuteronomy

Numbers
12 What legend is referenced?

The Children's Crusade

Robin Hood

Beowulf

The Pied Piper
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 wasn't devoutly religious

He abhorred religion

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

happy and home

mercy of his means

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?

dying

carefree

lovely

golden
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 sea

The earth

A prisoner
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?

Remorseful

Reminiscent

Angry

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

Pigs

Witches

Doctors

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

onomatopoeia

allusion

personification

simile
24 Which is an example of a simile?

"a wanderer white/ with the dew"

"swallow thronged loft"

"whinnying green stable"

"“huntsman and herdsman"
25 What country does the legend of the Pied Piper come from?

Italy

Russia

Wales

Germany

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