Fern Hill Quizzes

Fern Hill Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?
6

3

9

10
2 How many stanzas does the poem have?
6

8

7

5
3 Who owned the farm Fern Hill derives its title from?
Thomas's grandfather

Thomas's aunt

No one; it's fictional

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?
1923

1944

1948

1925
6 What book was Fern Hill published in?
10 Poems

Life and Death

18 Poems

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

Surrealist

Classicist

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

Naivete

Death

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

Green

Golden

White
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

Genesis

Numbers

Deuteronomy
12 What legend is referenced?
The Children's Crusade

Robin Hood

Beowulf

The Pied Piper
13 In what religion was Thomas raised?
Protestant Christianity

Judaism

Islam

Catholicism
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

huntsman and herdsman

happy and home

mercy of his means
16 Which Biblical character is mentioned by name?
Adam

Mary Magdalene

Eve

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

lovely

carefree

dying
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?
Foxes

Horses

Cows

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

A martyr

The earth

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

The middle

It was his first poem

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

Remorseful

Happy

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

Doctors

Witches

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

personification

simile

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

"swallow thronged loft"

"a wanderer white/ with the dew"

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

Italy

Russia

Germany

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