In Mrs Tilscher’s Class Quizzes

In Mrs Tilscher's Class Quiz

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

Nature

Innocence

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

The battle between innocence and experience

The split between an older teacher and a younger one

The disagreements over educational policy in Britain
3 What is this poem's setting?
A 1990s high school

An eighteenth-century all-girls school

A Victorian boarding school

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

Children's cruelty

Impending adulthood

Nature's power
5 Which historical event is alluded to in this poem?
The French Revolution

The Moors Murders

The publication of Johnson's Dictionary

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

A lesson about multiplying fractions

A lesson about playing the recorder

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

Laughter

Birdsong

An orchestra
8 Which of the following does NOT describe the poem's tone?
Rueful

Fond

Crusading

Nostalgic
9 What do the frogs and tadpoles symbolize?
The transition to maturity

The joys of outdoor play

The city's separation from nature

The wildness of childhood
10 Which facet of adult life surprises and horrifies the speaker?
Inequality

Violence

Labor

Sex
11 Which best describes Mrs. Tilscher's attitude?
Strict but fair

Emotional and probing

Zany and hilarious

Affectionate and engaging
12 Which best describes the poem's speaker?
They are a parent

They are a teacher

They are a schoolchild

They are a grandparent
13 What is the meaning of the word "enthralling"?
Unraveling

Overwhelming

Fascinating

Intricate
14 What do gold stars symbolize?
Material wealth

Mrs. Tilscher's love

Educational inequity

Moral development
15 What is the meaning of the word "fractious"?
Fast

Red in color

Agitated

Inconsiderate
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?
First-person singular

The poem contains several point-of-view shifts

First-person plural

Second person
18 What is the meaning of the word "skittle" in this poem?
A prop in a particular game, also called skittles

To loiter or waste time

A type of candy

A small amount
19 How does the speaker first respond to the "rough boy"?
By attacking him

By following him

By ignoring him

By telling on him
20 What rhyme scheme does the poem use?
No consistent rhyme scheme

ABABCDCD

ABA ABA ABA

ABBAABBA
21 Duffy uses a metaphor to compare tadpoles to which of the following?
Commas

Seeds

Insects

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

The third

The fourth

The second
23 "The classroom glowed like a sweet shop" is an instance of what?
Metonymy

Simile

Metaphor

Synecdoche
24 Which types of stanzas does this poem include?
Octaves and couplets

Septets and octaves

Sestets and tercets

Tercets and quatrains
25 What is the meaning of the word "tangible"?
Controversial

Capable of being touched

Delicious

Underneath or hidden by something

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