Fern Hill Quizzes

Fern Hill Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?
6

10

3

9
2 How many stanzas does the poem have?
8

6

5

7
3 Who owned the farm Fern Hill derives its title from?
No one; it's fictional

Thomas's grandfather

Thomas's father

Thomas's aunt
4 What was the speaker the "prince" of?
The apple towns

The windfall light

The carrot flowers

The barn
5 When was the poem written?
1923

1925

1944

1948
6 What book was Fern Hill published in?
10 Poems

18 Poems

Deaths and Entrances

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

Classicist

Neoclassicist

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

Youth

Death

Time
9 What color is NOT mentioned in the poem?
White

Green

Yellow

Golden
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?
Genesis

Deuteronomy

Leviticus

Numbers
12 What legend is referenced?
The Pied Piper

The Children's Crusade

Beowulf

Robin Hood
13 In what religion was Thomas raised?
Catholicism

Protestant Christianity

Judaism

Islam
14 Which is NOT a reason why some critics think Thomas is far from a Christian poet?
He was an adulterer

He wasn't devoutly religious

He abhorred religion

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

mercy of his means

huntsman and herdsman

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

Mary Magdalene

Adam

Eve
17 Which word is NOT paired with green?
lovely

carefree

dying

golden
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?
Horses

Cows

Foxes

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

A martyr

The sea

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

The last

It was his first poem

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

Reminiscent

Remorseful

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

Children

Pigs

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

simile

allusion

personification
24 Which is an example of a simile?
"“huntsman and herdsman"

"a wanderer white/ with the dew"

"whinnying green stable"

"swallow thronged loft"
25 What country does the legend of the Pied Piper come from?
Russia

Germany

Wales

Italy

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