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

Innocence

Nature

Sexual Awakening
2 What is the poem's overarching conflict?

The endless fights between a teacher and student

The disagreements over educational policy in Britain

The battle between innocence and experience

The split between an older teacher and a younger one
3 What is this poem's setting?

An eighteenth-century all-girls school

A twentieth-century elementary school

A Victorian boarding school

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

Impending adulthood

Children's cruelty

War and violence

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

The Moors Murders

The founding of the BBC

The publication of Johnson's Dictionary

The French Revolution
6 Which of the following lessons is described in detail?

A lesson about multiplying fractions

A lesson about playing the recorder

A lesson about African geography

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

Laughter

An orchestra

Birdsong

A dog's bark
8 Which of the following does NOT describe the poem's tone?

Rueful

Nostalgic

Crusading

Fond
9 What do the frogs and tadpoles symbolize?

The transition to maturity

The city's separation from nature

The wildness of childhood

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

Labor

Violence

Inequality

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

Zany and hilarious

Affectionate and engaging

Strict but fair

Emotional and probing
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"?

Intricate

Unraveling

Overwhelming

Fascinating
14 What do gold stars symbolize?

Educational inequity

Material wealth

Mrs. Tilscher's love

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

Agitated

Red in color

Inconsiderate

Fast
16 What meter does the poem use?

It is written in free verse

Iambic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter

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

Second person

First-person plural

The poem contains several point-of-view shifts

First-person singular
18 What is the meaning of the word "skittle" in this poem?

To loiter or waste time

A type of candy

A prop in a particular game, also called skittles

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

By telling on him

By attacking him

By ignoring him

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

ABABCDCD

ABA ABA ABA

No consistent rhyme scheme

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

Eyes

Insects

Commas

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

The fourth

The first

The third

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

Metonymy

Simile

Synecdoche

Metaphor
24 Which types of stanzas does this poem include?

Sestets and tercets

Septets and octaves

Octaves and couplets

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

Controversial

Delicious

Underneath or hidden by something

Capable of being touched

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