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

Sexual Awakening

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

The battle between innocence and experience

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 twentieth-century elementary school

An eighteenth-century all-girls school

A 1990s high school

A Victorian boarding school
4 What can the "thunderstorm" of the final lines be said to represent?
War and violence

Impending adulthood

Nature's power

Children's cruelty
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 multiplying fractions

A lesson about playing the recorder

A lesson about African geography

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

An orchestra

A dog's bark

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

Nostalgic

Crusading

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

The transition to maturity

The city's separation from nature

The wildness of childhood
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

Affectionate and engaging

Strict but fair

Zany and hilarious
12 Which best describes the poem's speaker?
They are a schoolchild

They are a grandparent

They are a parent

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

Unraveling

Overwhelming

Fascinating
14 What do gold stars symbolize?
Mrs. Tilscher's love

Educational inequity

Material wealth

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

Agitated

Red in color

Fast
16 What meter does the poem use?
Iambic pentameter

It is written in free verse

Iambic tetrameter

Anapestic tetrameter
17 What is this poem's point of view?
The poem contains several point-of-view shifts

First-person singular

First-person plural

Second person
18 What is the meaning of the word "skittle" in this poem?
A type of candy

To loiter or waste time

A prop in a particular game, also called skittles

A small amount
19 How does the speaker first respond to the "rough boy"?
By attacking him

By ignoring him

By telling on him

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

ABBAABBA

No consistent rhyme scheme

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

Commas

Insects

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

The first

The fourth

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

Synecdoche

Metonymy

Simile
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"?
Capable of being touched

Underneath or hidden by something

Delicious

Controversial

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