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 endless fights between a teacher and student

The disagreements over educational policy in Britain

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 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?
Children's cruelty

Nature's power

War and violence

Impending adulthood
5 Which historical event is alluded to in this poem?
The French Revolution

The Moors Murders

The founding of the BBC

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

A lesson about the days of the week

A lesson about African geography

A lesson about multiplying fractions
7 The sound of a bell is compared metaphorically to what?
A dog's bark

Birdsong

An orchestra

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

Fond

Crusading

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

The joys of outdoor play

The wildness of childhood

The transition to maturity
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

Affectionate and engaging

Emotional and probing

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

They are a grandparent

They are a teacher

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

Intricate

Fascinating

Unraveling
14 What do gold stars symbolize?
Educational inequity

Moral development

Mrs. Tilscher's love

Material wealth
15 What is the meaning of the word "fractious"?
Red in color

Fast

Agitated

Inconsiderate
16 What meter does the poem use?
Anapestic tetrameter

Iambic tetrameter

It is written in free verse

Iambic pentameter
17 What is this poem's point of view?
Second person

The poem contains several point-of-view shifts

First-person singular

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

A small amount

To loiter or waste time

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

By telling on him

By following him

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

ABBAABBA

ABA ABA ABA

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

Seeds

Commas

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

The third

The second

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

Synecdoche

Simile

Metonymy
24 Which types of stanzas does this poem include?
Octaves and couplets

Septets and octaves

Tercets and quatrains

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

Underneath or hidden by something

Capable of being touched

Delicious

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