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

6

8

7
3 Who owned the farm Fern Hill derives its title from?
Thomas's grandfather

Thomas's father

Thomas's aunt

No one; it's fictional
4 What was the speaker the "prince" of?
The barn

The windfall light

The apple towns

The carrot flowers
5 When was the poem written?
1925

1948

1944

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

Life and Death

18 Poems

10 Poems
7 What style of poetry does the poem resemble?
Romantic

Surrealist

Neoclassicist

Classicist
8 Which is NOT a major theme of the poem?
Death

Time

Youth

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

Green

White

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

the cock on his shoulder

whinnying green stable

Adam and maiden
11 What book of the Bible is alluded to in the poem?
Leviticus

Genesis

Deuteronomy

Numbers
12 What legend is referenced?
Beowulf

The Children's Crusade

Robin Hood

The Pied Piper
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 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

clear and cold

mercy of his means

huntsman and herdsman
16 Which Biblical character is mentioned by name?
Eve

Adam

John the Baptist

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

dying

carefree

golden
18 What animal is NOT mentioned?
Horses

Foxes

Owls

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

The sea

A prisoner

A martyr
20 During what period of his career did Thomas write Fern Hill?
It was his first poem

The middle

The last

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

Reminiscent

Happy

Remorseful
22 Who did the Pied Piper lure out of town?
Children

Doctors

Witches

Pigs
23 What poetic device is NOT used in the poem?
personification

allusion

simile

onomatopoeia
24 Which is an example of a simile?
"a wanderer white/ with the dew"

"whinnying green stable"

"swallow thronged loft"

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

Germany

Wales

Italy

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