In Mrs Tilscher’s Class Quizzes

In Mrs Tilscher's Class Quiz

1 Which is NOT a major theme of this poem?
Nature

Sexual Awakening

Security and Safety

Innocence
2 What is the poem's overarching conflict?
The split between an older teacher and a younger one

The battle between innocence and experience

The disagreements over educational policy in Britain

The endless fights between a teacher and student
3 What is this poem's setting?
A 1990s high school

A twentieth-century elementary school

An eighteenth-century all-girls school

A Victorian boarding school
4 What can the "thunderstorm" of the final lines be said to represent?
Children's cruelty

Impending adulthood

War and violence

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

The founding of the BBC

The French Revolution

The Moors Murders
6 Which of the following lessons is described in detail?
A lesson about multiplying fractions

A lesson about the days of the week

A lesson about African geography

A lesson about playing the recorder
7 The sound of a bell is compared metaphorically to what?
Laughter

A dog's bark

An orchestra

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

Rueful

Fond

Crusading
9 What do the frogs and tadpoles symbolize?
The city's separation from nature

The transition to maturity

The joys of outdoor play

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

Violence

Sex

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

Zany and hilarious

Affectionate and engaging

Emotional and probing
12 Which best describes the poem's speaker?
They are a schoolchild

They are a grandparent

They are a teacher

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

Intricate

Unraveling

Overwhelming
14 What do gold stars symbolize?
Material wealth

Educational inequity

Moral development

Mrs. Tilscher's love
15 What is the meaning of the word "fractious"?
Fast

Red in color

Inconsiderate

Agitated
16 What meter does the poem use?
Iambic pentameter

Anapestic tetrameter

It is written in free verse

Iambic tetrameter
17 What is this poem's point of view?
First-person singular

Second person

First-person plural

The poem contains several point-of-view shifts
18 What is the meaning of the word "skittle" in this poem?
To loiter or waste time

A type of candy

A small amount

A prop in a particular game, also called skittles
19 How does the speaker first respond to the "rough boy"?
By ignoring him

By telling on him

By attacking him

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

ABABCDCD

No consistent rhyme scheme

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

Seeds

Eyes

Insects
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?
Metaphor

Synecdoche

Metonymy

Simile
24 Which types of stanzas does this poem include?
Sestets and tercets

Tercets and quatrains

Septets and octaves

Octaves and couplets
25 What is the meaning of the word "tangible"?
Delicious

Controversial

Capable of being touched

Underneath or hidden by something

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