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 split between an older teacher and a younger one

The endless fights between a teacher and student

The disagreements over educational policy in Britain
3 What is this poem's setting?
A 1990s high school

A Victorian boarding school

A twentieth-century elementary school

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

Impending adulthood

Nature's power

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

The Moors Murders

The publication of Johnson's Dictionary

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

A lesson about African geography

A lesson about the days of the week

A lesson about multiplying fractions
7 The sound of a bell is compared metaphorically to what?
An orchestra

Laughter

A dog's bark

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

Crusading

Fond

Nostalgic
9 What do the frogs and tadpoles symbolize?
The joys of outdoor play

The wildness of childhood

The city's separation from nature

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

Sex

Labor

Inequality
11 Which best describes Mrs. Tilscher's attitude?
Zany and hilarious

Affectionate and engaging

Emotional and probing

Strict but fair
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"?
Overwhelming

Intricate

Fascinating

Unraveling
14 What do gold stars symbolize?
Material wealth

Moral development

Educational inequity

Mrs. Tilscher's love
15 What is the meaning of the word "fractious"?
Fast

Inconsiderate

Agitated

Red in color
16 What meter does the poem use?
Anapestic tetrameter

It is written in free verse

Iambic pentameter

Iambic tetrameter
17 What is this poem's point of view?
First-person singular

The poem contains several point-of-view shifts

Second person

First-person plural
18 What is the meaning of the word "skittle" in this poem?
A prop in a particular game, also called skittles

To loiter or waste time

A small amount

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

By following him

By attacking him

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

ABA ABA ABA

ABABCDCD

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

Insects

Seeds

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

The third

The fourth

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

Simile

Metonymy

Synecdoche
24 Which types of stanzas does this poem include?
Sestets and tercets

Septets and octaves

Tercets and quatrains

Octaves and couplets
25 What is the meaning of the word "tangible"?
Underneath or hidden by something

Capable of being touched

Delicious

Controversial

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