In Mrs Tilscher’s Class Quizzes

In Mrs Tilscher's Class Quiz

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

Security and Safety

Innocence

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

The battle between innocence and experience

The split between an older teacher and a younger one

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

A Victorian boarding school

An eighteenth-century all-girls school

A twentieth-century elementary school
4 What can the "thunderstorm" of the final lines be said to represent?
Children's cruelty

Impending adulthood

War and violence

Nature's power
5 Which historical event is alluded to in this poem?
The founding of the BBC

The French Revolution

The Moors Murders

The publication of Johnson's Dictionary
6 Which of the following lessons is described in detail?
A lesson about African geography

A lesson about the days of the week

A lesson about playing the recorder

A lesson about multiplying fractions
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

Rueful

Nostalgic

Crusading
9 What do the frogs and tadpoles symbolize?
The city's separation from nature

The wildness of childhood

The transition to maturity

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

Violence

Sex

Labor
11 Which best describes Mrs. Tilscher's attitude?
Strict but fair

Zany and hilarious

Affectionate and engaging

Emotional and probing
12 Which best describes the poem's speaker?
They are a teacher

They are a parent

They are a schoolchild

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

Fascinating

Overwhelming

Intricate
14 What do gold stars symbolize?
Educational inequity

Mrs. Tilscher's love

Material wealth

Moral development
15 What is the meaning of the word "fractious"?
Red in color

Inconsiderate

Fast

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 singular

Second person

First-person plural

The poem contains several point-of-view shifts
18 What is the meaning of the word "skittle" in this poem?
A small amount

A type of candy

To loiter or waste time

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

By ignoring him

By following him

By attacking 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?
Commas

Eyes

Insects

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

The first

The third

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

Simile

Metonymy

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

Octaves and couplets

Septets and octaves

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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