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 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 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?
Nature's power

Impending adulthood

Children's cruelty

War and violence
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 the days of the week

A lesson about playing the recorder

A lesson about African geography

A lesson about multiplying fractions
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

Crusading

Fond

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

The joys of outdoor play

The transition to maturity

The wildness of childhood
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

Affectionate and engaging

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

They are a schoolchild

They are a grandparent

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

Intricate

Unraveling

Overwhelming
14 What do gold stars symbolize?
Mrs. Tilscher's love

Material wealth

Educational inequity

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

Inconsiderate

Red in color

Agitated
16 What meter does the poem use?
Iambic tetrameter

Anapestic tetrameter

It is written in free verse

Iambic pentameter
17 What is this poem's point of view?
First-person plural

First-person singular

Second person

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

A type of candy

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 ignoring him

By telling on him

By attacking him

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

ABABCDCD

ABBAABBA

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

Insects

Eyes

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

The first

The fourth

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?
Sestets and tercets

Octaves and couplets

Tercets and quatrains

Septets and octaves
25 What is the meaning of the word "tangible"?
Controversial

Capable of being touched

Underneath or hidden by something

Delicious

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