In Mrs Tilscher’s Class Quizzes

In Mrs Tilscher's Class Quiz

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

Innocence

Nature

Security and Safety
2 What is the poem's overarching conflict?
The split between an older teacher and a younger one

The battle between innocence and experience

The disagreements over educational policy in Britain

The endless fights between a teacher and student
3 What is this poem's setting?
An eighteenth-century all-girls school

A Victorian boarding school

A twentieth-century elementary school

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

Children's cruelty

War and violence

Impending adulthood
5 Which historical event is alluded to in this poem?
The Moors Murders

The French Revolution

The publication of Johnson's Dictionary

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

A lesson about the days of the week

A lesson about playing the recorder

A lesson about African geography
7 The sound of a bell is compared metaphorically to what?
Birdsong

A dog's bark

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 city's separation from nature

The transition to maturity

The wildness of childhood
10 Which facet of adult life surprises and horrifies the speaker?
Violence

Inequality

Sex

Labor
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 teacher

They are a schoolchild

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

Overwhelming

Fascinating

Intricate
14 What do gold stars symbolize?
Educational inequity

Material wealth

Mrs. Tilscher's love

Moral development
15 What is the meaning of the word "fractious"?
Agitated

Red in color

Inconsiderate

Fast
16 What meter does the poem use?
Iambic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter

It is written in free verse

Anapestic tetrameter
17 What is this poem's point of view?
First-person plural

Second person

First-person singular

The poem contains several point-of-view shifts
18 What is the meaning of the word "skittle" in this poem?
To loiter or waste time

A small amount

A type of candy

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?
ABBAABBA

ABABCDCD

ABA ABA ABA

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

Insects

Eyes

Seeds
22 Which of the poem's stanzas heavily features alliterative T sounds?
The first

The third

The fourth

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

Simile

Synecdoche

Metaphor
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

Capable of being touched

Controversial

Underneath or hidden by something

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