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

Nature

Sexual Awakening

Innocence
2 What is the poem's overarching conflict?

The battle between innocence and experience

The disagreements over educational policy in Britain

The endless fights between a teacher and student

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 1990s high school

A Victorian boarding 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 Moors Murders

The publication of Johnson's Dictionary

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

A lesson about playing the recorder

A lesson about African geography

A lesson about the days of the week

A lesson about multiplying fractions
7 The sound of a bell is compared metaphorically to what?

A dog's bark

Birdsong

An orchestra

Laughter
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 transition to maturity

The city's separation from nature
10 Which facet of adult life surprises and horrifies the speaker?

Violence

Inequality

Labor

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

Affectionate and engaging

Strict but fair

Zany and hilarious

Emotional and probing
12 Which best describes the poem's speaker?

They are a grandparent

They are a parent

They are a teacher

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

Fascinating

Unraveling

Intricate

Overwhelming
14 What do gold stars symbolize?

Moral development

Material wealth

Educational inequity

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

Agitated

Red in color

Fast

Inconsiderate
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 plural

The poem contains several point-of-view shifts

First-person singular

Second person
18 What is the meaning of the word "skittle" in this poem?

A type of candy

A small amount

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 following him

By attacking him

By telling on him
20 What rhyme scheme does the poem use?

ABABCDCD

No consistent rhyme scheme

ABBAABBA

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

Seeds

Eyes

Commas

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

The third

The second

The fourth

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

Synecdoche

Metaphor

Simile

Metonymy
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"?

Controversial

Delicious

Underneath or hidden by something

Capable of being touched

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