In Mrs Tilscher’s Class Quizzes

In Mrs Tilscher's Class Quiz

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

Sexual Awakening

Nature

Security and Safety
2 What is the poem's overarching conflict?
The disagreements over educational policy in Britain

The battle between innocence and experience

The split between an older teacher and a younger one

The endless fights between a teacher and student
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?
Nature's power

Impending adulthood

Children's cruelty

War and violence
5 Which historical event is alluded to in this poem?
The founding of the BBC

The French Revolution

The publication of Johnson's Dictionary

The Moors Murders
6 Which of the following lessons is described in detail?
A lesson about playing the recorder

A lesson about multiplying fractions

A lesson about African geography

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

Birdsong

Laughter

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

Fond

Rueful

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

The city's separation from nature

The joys of outdoor play

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

Violence

Inequality

Sex
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 teacher

They are a schoolchild

They are a grandparent

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

Overwhelming

Intricate

Fascinating
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"?
Inconsiderate

Red in color

Agitated

Fast
16 What meter does the poem use?
Iambic tetrameter

It is written in free verse

Iambic pentameter

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?
A type of candy

To loiter or waste time

A small amount

A prop in a particular game, also called skittles
19 How does the speaker first respond to the "rough boy"?
By ignoring him

By attacking him

By following him

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

ABBAABBA

ABABCDCD

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

Insects

Commas

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

The fourth

The first

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

Metonymy

Synecdoche

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

Septets and octaves

Octaves and couplets

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

Capable of being touched

Delicious

Underneath or hidden by something

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