In Mrs Tilscher’s Class Quizzes

In Mrs Tilscher's Class Quiz

1 Which is NOT a major theme of this poem?
Sexual Awakening

Security and Safety

Innocence

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

The battle between innocence and experience

The disagreements over educational policy in Britain

The split between an older teacher and a younger one
3 What is this poem's setting?
An eighteenth-century all-girls school

A 1990s high school

A Victorian boarding school

A twentieth-century elementary school
4 What can the "thunderstorm" of the final lines be said to represent?
Impending adulthood

War and violence

Children's cruelty

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

The publication of Johnson's Dictionary

The French Revolution

The founding of the BBC
6 Which of the following lessons is described in detail?
A lesson about the days of the week

A lesson about multiplying fractions

A lesson about playing the recorder

A lesson about African geography
7 The sound of a bell is compared metaphorically to what?
A dog's bark

An orchestra

Laughter

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

Fond

Rueful

Nostalgic
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

Sex

Violence

Inequality
11 Which best describes Mrs. Tilscher's attitude?
Affectionate and engaging

Strict but fair

Emotional and probing

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

They are a teacher

They are a grandparent

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

Overwhelming

Intricate

Unraveling
14 What do gold stars symbolize?
Educational inequity

Mrs. Tilscher's love

Moral development

Material wealth
15 What is the meaning of the word "fractious"?
Fast

Inconsiderate

Red in color

Agitated
16 What meter does the poem use?
Iambic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter

Anapestic tetrameter

It is written in free verse
17 What is this poem's point of view?
First-person plural

First-person singular

The poem contains several point-of-view shifts

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

A prop in a particular game, also called skittles

A type of candy

To loiter or waste time
19 How does the speaker first respond to the "rough boy"?
By telling on him

By following him

By attacking him

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

ABBAABBA

ABA ABA ABA

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

Commas

Seeds

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

The second

The first

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

Synecdoche

Simile

Metaphor
24 Which types of stanzas does this poem include?
Octaves and couplets

Septets and octaves

Tercets and quatrains

Sestets and tercets
25 What is the meaning of the word "tangible"?
Delicious

Capable of being touched

Underneath or hidden by something

Controversial

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