Fern Hill Quizzes

Fern Hill Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?
9

6

3

10
2 How many stanzas does the poem have?
5

8

7

6
3 Who owned the farm Fern Hill derives its title from?
Thomas's aunt

Thomas's grandfather

No one; it's fictional

Thomas's father
4 What was the speaker the "prince" of?
The barn

The windfall light

The carrot flowers

The apple towns
5 When was the poem written?
1948

1944

1925

1923
6 What book was Fern Hill published in?
Deaths and Entrances

18 Poems

10 Poems

Life and Death
7 What style of poetry does the poem resemble?
Neoclassicist

Classicist

Surrealist

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

Time

Naivete

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

White

Yellow

Green
10 What is NOT an example of personification?
the gay house

whinnying green stable

Adam and maiden

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

Numbers

Genesis

Deuteronomy
12 What legend is referenced?
Beowulf

The Children's Crusade

Robin Hood

The Pied Piper
13 In what religion was Thomas raised?
Catholicism

Islam

Protestant Christianity

Judaism
14 Which is NOT a reason why some critics think Thomas is far from a Christian poet?
He was influenced by Freud

He was an adulterer

He abhorred religion

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

clear and cold

mercy of his means

happy and home
16 Which Biblical character is mentioned by name?
Eve

Adam

John the Baptist

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

lovely

carefree

golden
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?
Cows

Foxes

Owls

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

A prisoner

A martyr

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

It was his first poem

The middle

The last
21 What tone does the speaker NOT use?
Remorseful

Happy

Angry

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

Children

Pigs

Witches
23 What poetic device is NOT used in the poem?
simile

allusion

personification

onomatopoeia
24 Which is an example of a simile?
"whinnying green stable"

"a wanderer white/ with the dew"

"swallow thronged loft"

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

Wales

Russia

Italy

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