In Mrs Tilscher’s Class Quizzes

In Mrs Tilscher's Class Quiz

1 Which is NOT a major theme of this poem?

Security and Safety

Sexual Awakening

Nature

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 endless fights between a teacher and student

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

A Victorian boarding school

A 1990s high 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?

Children's cruelty

War and violence

Nature's power

Impending adulthood
5 Which historical event is alluded to in this poem?

The publication of Johnson's Dictionary

The French Revolution

The Moors Murders

The founding of the BBC
6 Which of the following lessons is described in detail?

A lesson about the days of the week

A lesson about playing the recorder

A lesson about multiplying fractions

A lesson about African geography
7 The sound of a bell is compared metaphorically to what?

A dog's bark

An orchestra

Laughter

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

Nostalgic

Fond

Rueful

Crusading
9 What do the frogs and tadpoles symbolize?

The city's separation from nature

The wildness of childhood

The transition to maturity

The joys of outdoor play
10 Which facet of adult life surprises and horrifies the speaker?

Violence

Labor

Inequality

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

Emotional and probing

Zany and hilarious

Affectionate and engaging

Strict but fair
12 Which best describes the poem's speaker?

They are a schoolchild

They are a grandparent

They are a parent

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

Overwhelming

Fascinating

Intricate

Unraveling
14 What do gold stars symbolize?

Mrs. Tilscher's love

Moral development

Educational inequity

Material wealth
15 What is the meaning of the word "fractious"?

Inconsiderate

Red in color

Agitated

Fast
16 What meter does the poem use?

It is written in free verse

Anapestic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter

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

Second person

The poem contains several point-of-view shifts

First-person singular

First-person plural
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 telling on him

By following him

By attacking him

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

ABA ABA ABA

ABABCDCD

ABBAABBA

No consistent rhyme scheme
21 Duffy uses a metaphor to compare tadpoles to which of the following?

Insects

Commas

Seeds

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

The fourth

The second

The first

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

Metaphor

Metonymy

Simile

Synecdoche
24 Which types of stanzas does this poem include?

Tercets and quatrains

Septets and octaves

Octaves and couplets

Sestets and tercets
25 What is the meaning of the word "tangible"?

Controversial

Underneath or hidden by something

Capable of being touched

Delicious

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