Fern Hill Quizzes

Fern Hill Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?

6

9

3

10
2 How many stanzas does the poem have?

6

5

8

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

No one; it's fictional

Thomas's grandfather

Thomas's aunt

Thomas's father
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?

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?

Surrealist

Neoclassicist

Classicist

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

Time

Youth

Naivete

Death
9 What color is NOT mentioned in the poem?

Green

White

Yellow

Golden
10 What is NOT an example of personification?

the gay house

the cock on his shoulder

Adam and maiden

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

Deuteronomy

Genesis

Leviticus

Numbers
12 What legend is referenced?

Beowulf

The Pied Piper

The Children's Crusade

Robin Hood
13 In what religion was Thomas raised?

Catholicism

Protestant Christianity

Islam

Judaism
14 Which is NOT a reason why some critics think Thomas is far from a Christian poet?

He abhorred religion

He wasn't devoutly religious

He was an adulterer

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

mercy of his means

huntsman and herdsman

happy and home

clear and cold
16 Which Biblical character is mentioned by name?

Mary Magdalene

Eve

Adam

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

golden

carefree

lovely

dying
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?

Owls

Foxes

Cows

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

A prisoner

The earth

A martyr

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

The last

The beginning

It was his first poem

The middle
21 What tone does the speaker NOT use?

Angry

Remorseful

Happy

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

Witches

Doctors

Pigs

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

onomatopoeia

allusion

simile

personification
24 Which is an example of a simile?

"“huntsman and herdsman"

"swallow thronged loft"

"whinnying green stable"

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

Wales

Russia

Germany

Italy

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