In Mrs Tilscher’s Class Quizzes

In Mrs Tilscher's Class Quiz

1 Which is NOT a major theme of this poem?

Sexual Awakening

Nature

Innocence

Security and Safety
2 What is the poem's overarching conflict?

The disagreements over educational policy in Britain

The endless fights between a teacher and student

The battle between innocence and experience

The split between an older teacher and a younger one
3 What is this poem's setting?

An eighteenth-century all-girls school

A twentieth-century elementary school

A Victorian boarding school

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

Nature's power

War and violence

Impending adulthood

Children's cruelty
5 Which historical event is alluded to in this poem?

The Moors Murders

The publication of Johnson's Dictionary

The founding of the BBC

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?

A dog's bark

Laughter

Birdsong

An orchestra
8 Which of the following does NOT describe the poem's tone?

Fond

Crusading

Rueful

Nostalgic
9 What do the frogs and tadpoles symbolize?

The wildness of childhood

The joys of outdoor play

The city's separation from nature

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

Sex

Labor

Inequality

Violence
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 parent

They are a teacher

They are a schoolchild

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

Intricate

Overwhelming

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

Agitated

Red in color

Inconsiderate
16 What meter does the poem use?

It is written in free verse

Iambic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter

Anapestic tetrameter
17 What is this poem's point of view?

First-person plural

First-person singular

The poem contains several point-of-view shifts

Second person
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?

No consistent rhyme scheme

ABBAABBA

ABA ABA ABA

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

Commas

Eyes

Seeds

Insects
22 Which of the poem's stanzas heavily features alliterative T sounds?

The third

The first

The second

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

Metonymy

Synecdoche

Simile

Metaphor
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"?

Controversial

Delicious

Underneath or hidden by something

Capable of being touched

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