In Mrs Tilscher’s Class Quizzes

In Mrs Tilscher's Class Quiz

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

Nature

Security and Safety

Sexual Awakening
2 What is the poem's overarching conflict?
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

The battle between innocence and experience
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

Children's cruelty

Nature's power
5 Which historical event is alluded to in this poem?
The Moors Murders

The founding of the BBC

The publication of Johnson's Dictionary

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

A lesson about African geography

A lesson about playing the recorder

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

Birdsong

An orchestra

A dog's bark
8 Which of the following does NOT describe the poem's tone?
Fond

Nostalgic

Crusading

Rueful
9 What do the frogs and tadpoles symbolize?
The transition to maturity

The wildness of childhood

The city's separation from nature

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

Violence

Inequality

Labor
11 Which best describes Mrs. Tilscher's attitude?
Affectionate and engaging

Zany and hilarious

Strict but fair

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

They are a schoolchild

They are a parent

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

Intricate

Unraveling

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

Material wealth

Educational inequity

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

Agitated

Inconsiderate

Fast
16 What meter does the poem use?
Iambic tetrameter

Anapestic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter

It is written in free verse
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

A type of candy

A small amount

To loiter or waste time
19 How does the speaker first respond to the "rough boy"?
By following him

By telling on him

By attacking him

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

ABBAABBA

ABABCDCD

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

Seeds

Eyes

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

The third

The first

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

Metaphor

Metonymy

Synecdoche
24 Which types of stanzas does this poem include?
Septets and octaves

Sestets and tercets

Octaves and couplets

Tercets and quatrains
25 What is the meaning of the word "tangible"?
Delicious

Underneath or hidden by something

Controversial

Capable of being touched

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