In Mrs Tilscher’s Class Quizzes

In Mrs Tilscher's Class Quiz

1 Which is NOT a major theme of this poem?
Sexual Awakening

Innocence

Nature

Security and Safety
2 What is the poem's overarching conflict?
The endless fights between a teacher and student

The disagreements over educational policy in Britain

The battle between innocence and experience

The split between an older teacher and a younger one
3 What is this poem's setting?
A 1990s high school

A Victorian boarding school

An eighteenth-century all-girls school

A twentieth-century elementary school
4 What can the "thunderstorm" of the final lines be said to represent?
Impending adulthood

War and violence

Children's cruelty

Nature's power
5 Which historical event is alluded to in this poem?
The publication of Johnson's Dictionary

The Moors Murders

The founding of the BBC

The French Revolution
6 Which of the following lessons is described in detail?
A lesson about African geography

A lesson about playing the recorder

A lesson about multiplying fractions

A lesson about the days of the week
7 The sound of a bell is compared metaphorically to what?
A dog's bark

Birdsong

An orchestra

Laughter
8 Which of the following does NOT describe the poem's tone?
Nostalgic

Crusading

Fond

Rueful
9 What do the frogs and tadpoles symbolize?
The joys of outdoor play

The wildness of childhood

The transition to maturity

The city's separation from nature
10 Which facet of adult life surprises and horrifies the speaker?
Inequality

Sex

Violence

Labor
11 Which best describes Mrs. Tilscher's attitude?
Emotional and probing

Strict but fair

Affectionate and engaging

Zany and hilarious
12 Which best describes the poem's speaker?
They are a grandparent

They are a schoolchild

They are a teacher

They are a parent
13 What is the meaning of the word "enthralling"?
Fascinating

Unraveling

Overwhelming

Intricate
14 What do gold stars symbolize?
Material wealth

Moral development

Mrs. Tilscher's love

Educational inequity
15 What is the meaning of the word "fractious"?
Fast

Inconsiderate

Agitated

Red in color
16 What meter does the poem use?
Anapestic tetrameter

Iambic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter

It is written in free verse
17 What is this poem's point of view?
The poem contains several point-of-view shifts

First-person plural

Second person

First-person singular
18 What is the meaning of the word "skittle" in this poem?
A type of candy

A small amount

A prop in a particular game, also called skittles

To loiter or waste time
19 How does the speaker first respond to the "rough boy"?
By telling on him

By attacking him

By ignoring him

By following him
20 What rhyme scheme does the poem use?
ABA ABA ABA

ABBAABBA

No consistent rhyme scheme

ABABCDCD
21 Duffy uses a metaphor to compare tadpoles to which of the following?
Seeds

Eyes

Insects

Commas
22 Which of the poem's stanzas heavily features alliterative T sounds?
The first

The third

The second

The fourth
23 "The classroom glowed like a sweet shop" is an instance of what?
Simile

Synecdoche

Metonymy

Metaphor
24 Which types of stanzas does this poem include?
Septets and octaves

Sestets and tercets

Octaves and couplets

Tercets and quatrains
25 What is the meaning of the word "tangible"?
Underneath or hidden by something

Capable of being touched

Delicious

Controversial

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