The Force That through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower Quizzes

The Force That through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower Quiz

1 Which perspective is the poem written from?
Third-person

Second-person

First-person

None of these
2 What is the poem’s refrain?
Love drips and gathers, but the fallen blood 

And I am dumb to tell 

How at my sheet goes the same crooked worm

The force that through the green fuse drives the flower 
3 What is the poem’s meter?
Monometer

Trochaic

Iambic

Dimeter
4 Where was Thomas born?
Canada

Wales

England

Ireland
5 In what year was Thomas born?
1888

1919

1931

1914
6 At what point in his career did Thomas write this poem?
Right before his death

Middle

Late

Early
7 What word does Thomas repeat throughout the poem?
Sores

Wax

Mouth

Destroyer
8 Which phrase is NOT an example of alliteration?
“force that through the green fuse drives the flower"

"stirs the quicksand"

“mountain spring the same mouth sucks"

“time has ticked”
9 Which is NOT a theme of the poem?
Nature and humanity

Time

Expression

Love
10 Which word is NOT used as a verb in the poem?
mouth

lime

whirl

rope
11 What type of poet is Thomas generally considered to be?
An absurdist

A modernist

A classicist

A futurist
12 What Greek mythological character's story does the phrase "shroud sail" allude to?
Perseus

Europa

Theseus

Hercules
13 What is an example of personification?
"hauls my shroud sail"

"turns mine to wax"

“to tell a weather’s wind”

"love drips and gathers"
14 What poetic movement is Thomas's work reminiscent of?
Neoclassicism

Realism

Romanticism

Renaissance
15 How old was Thomas when he wrote "The Force that Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower"?
19

23

12

38
16 What aspect of nature does NOT appear in the poem?
Beaches

Stars

Trees

Rivers
17 What creature "at my sheet goes"?
A worm

A cat

A bird

A spider
18 How many stanzas does the poem have?
9

3

5

7
19 How does the speaker describe his "age"?
Pale

Gray

Green

Black
20 What does the force turn the speaker's blood to?
Stone

Water

Wax

Slime
21 What substance does NOT appear in the poem?
Diamond

Quicksand

Wax

Water
22 What theme did Thomas often return to?
Anger

Sin

Greed

Nature
23 What poetic device is used in the poem?
Irony

Onomatopoeia

Hyperbole

Allusion
24 Which adjective isn't an accurate description of the speaker's tone?
Passionate

Afraid

Overwhelmed

Angry
25 In what form are most of the stanzas?
Quintains

Couplets

Octaves

Triplets

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