In Mrs Tilscher’s Class Quizzes

In Mrs Tilscher's Class Quiz

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

Security and Safety

Innocence

Sexual Awakening
2 What is the poem's overarching conflict?
The endless fights between a teacher and student

The battle between innocence and experience

The split between an older teacher and a younger one

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

An eighteenth-century all-girls school

A twentieth-century elementary school

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

Nature's power

War and violence

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 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

Laughter

Birdsong

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

Rueful

Crusading

Nostalgic
9 What do the frogs and tadpoles symbolize?
The wildness of childhood

The joys of outdoor play

The transition to maturity

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

Labor

Sex

Violence
11 Which best describes Mrs. Tilscher's attitude?
Emotional and probing

Strict but fair

Affectionate and engaging

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

They are a schoolchild

They are a teacher

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

Overwhelming

Intricate

Unraveling
14 What do gold stars symbolize?
Moral development

Educational inequity

Mrs. Tilscher's love

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

Fast

Inconsiderate

Agitated
16 What meter does the poem use?
Iambic tetrameter

Anapestic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter

It is written in free verse
17 What is this poem's point of view?
The poem contains several point-of-view shifts

First-person singular

Second person

First-person plural
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 following him

By attacking him

By telling on him

By ignoring 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?
Seeds

Commas

Insects

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

The first

The second

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

Simile

Synecdoche

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

Sestets and tercets

Octaves and couplets

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

Underneath or hidden by something

Capable of being touched

Controversial

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