In Mrs Tilscher’s Class Quizzes

In Mrs Tilscher's Class Quiz

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

Innocence

Sexual Awakening

Security and Safety
2 What is the poem's overarching conflict?
The battle between innocence and experience

The endless fights between a teacher and student

The disagreements over educational policy in Britain

The split between an older teacher and a younger one
3 What is this poem's setting?
A twentieth-century elementary school

A Victorian boarding school

An eighteenth-century all-girls school

A 1990s high school
4 What can the "thunderstorm" of the final lines be said to represent?
Children's cruelty

War and violence

Impending adulthood

Nature's power
5 Which historical event is alluded to in this poem?
The founding of the BBC

The French Revolution

The publication of Johnson's Dictionary

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

A lesson about African geography

A lesson about multiplying fractions

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

An orchestra

A dog's bark

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

Nostalgic

Rueful

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

The wildness of childhood

The city's separation from nature

The transition to maturity
10 Which facet of adult life surprises and horrifies the speaker?
Violence

Sex

Inequality

Labor
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 teacher

They are a parent

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"?
Agitated

Fast

Inconsiderate

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

It is written in free verse

Iambic pentameter

Iambic tetrameter
17 What is this poem's point of view?
Second person

First-person plural

First-person singular

The poem contains several point-of-view shifts
18 What is the meaning of the word "skittle" in this poem?
A type of candy

A small amount

To loiter or waste time

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

By following him

By attacking him

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

ABABCDCD

ABA ABA ABA

No consistent rhyme scheme
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 second

The third

The first

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

Metonymy

Metaphor

Synecdoche
24 Which types of stanzas does this poem include?
Tercets and quatrains

Sestets and tercets

Septets and octaves

Octaves and couplets
25 What is the meaning of the word "tangible"?
Capable of being touched

Delicious

Underneath or hidden by something

Controversial

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