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 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 1990s high school

A twentieth-century elementary school

A Victorian boarding school

An eighteenth-century all-girls 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 founding of the BBC

The Moors Murders

The French Revolution

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

A lesson about the days of the week

A lesson about African geography

A lesson about multiplying fractions

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

Birdsong

An orchestra

Laughter

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

Fond

Crusading

Rueful

Nostalgic
9 What do the frogs and tadpoles symbolize?

The wildness of childhood

The transition to maturity

The city's separation from nature

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

Inequality

Violence

Labor

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

Emotional and probing

Zany and hilarious

Strict but fair

Affectionate and engaging
12 Which best describes the poem's speaker?

They are a parent

They are a schoolchild

They are a grandparent

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

Overwhelming

Fascinating

Unraveling

Intricate
14 What do gold stars symbolize?

Moral development

Mrs. Tilscher's love

Material wealth

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

Red in color

Fast

Agitated

Inconsiderate
16 What meter does the poem use?

Iambic pentameter

Iambic tetrameter

Anapestic tetrameter

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

First-person plural

The poem contains several point-of-view shifts

Second person

First-person singular
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 attacking him

By ignoring him

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

ABA ABA ABA

No consistent rhyme scheme

ABABCDCD

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

Insects

Eyes

Seeds

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

The fourth

The second

The third

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

Metonymy

Simile

Metaphor

Synecdoche
24 Which types of stanzas does this poem include?

Septets and octaves

Sestets and tercets

Tercets and quatrains

Octaves and couplets
25 What is the meaning of the word "tangible"?

Capable of being touched

Underneath or hidden by something

Controversial

Delicious

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