In Mrs Tilscher’s Class Quizzes

In Mrs Tilscher's Class Quiz

1 Which is NOT a major theme of this poem?

Innocence

Security and Safety

Nature

Sexual Awakening
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?

A twentieth-century elementary school

A 1990s high school

A Victorian boarding school

An eighteenth-century all-girls school
4 What can the "thunderstorm" of the final lines be said to represent?

Impending adulthood

Nature's power

War and violence

Children's cruelty
5 Which historical event is alluded to in this poem?

The Moors Murders

The French Revolution

The founding of the BBC

The publication of Johnson's Dictionary
6 Which of the following lessons is described in detail?

A lesson about African geography

A lesson about multiplying fractions

A lesson about playing the recorder

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

An orchestra

Birdsong

A dog's bark

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

Crusading

Fond

Nostalgic

Rueful
9 What do the frogs and tadpoles symbolize?

The city's separation from nature

The joys of outdoor play

The wildness of childhood

The transition to maturity
10 Which facet of adult life surprises and horrifies the speaker?

Labor

Inequality

Sex

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

Affectionate and engaging

Emotional and probing

Zany and hilarious

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

They are a schoolchild

They are a teacher

They are a parent

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

Unraveling

Fascinating

Overwhelming

Intricate
14 What do gold stars symbolize?

Mrs. Tilscher's love

Moral development

Material wealth

Educational inequity
15 What is the meaning of the word "fractious"?

Agitated

Fast

Inconsiderate

Red in color
16 What meter does the poem use?

It is written in free verse

Iambic pentameter

Anapestic tetrameter

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?

To loiter or waste time

A small amount

A prop in a particular game, also called skittles

A type of candy
19 How does the speaker first respond to the "rough boy"?

By attacking him

By following him

By ignoring him

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

ABABCDCD

ABBAABBA

ABA ABA ABA

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

Eyes

Insects

Seeds

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

The third

The second

The first

The fourth
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?

Octaves and couplets

Sestets and tercets

Tercets and quatrains

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

Delicious

Controversial

Capable of being touched

Underneath or hidden by something

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