In Mrs Tilscher’s Class Quizzes

In Mrs Tilscher's Class Quiz

1 Which is NOT a major theme of this poem?

Innocence

Nature

Sexual Awakening

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

The battle between innocence and experience

The split between an older teacher and a younger one

The disagreements over educational policy in Britain

The endless fights between a teacher and student
3 What is this poem's setting?

A Victorian boarding school

A 1990s high 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?

Nature's power

Children's cruelty

Impending adulthood

War and violence
5 Which historical event is alluded to in this poem?

The Moors Murders

The French Revolution

The publication of Johnson's Dictionary

The founding of the BBC
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?

A dog's bark

Laughter

An orchestra

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

Crusading

Fond

Nostalgic

Rueful
9 What do the frogs and tadpoles symbolize?

The wildness of childhood

The transition to maturity

The joys of outdoor play

The city's separation from nature
10 Which facet of adult life surprises and horrifies the speaker?

Violence

Sex

Labor

Inequality
11 Which best describes Mrs. Tilscher's attitude?

Zany and hilarious

Emotional and probing

Strict but fair

Affectionate and engaging
12 Which best describes the poem's speaker?

They are a teacher

They are a schoolchild

They are a grandparent

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

Intricate

Unraveling

Fascinating

Overwhelming
14 What do gold stars symbolize?

Moral development

Material wealth

Mrs. Tilscher's love

Educational inequity
15 What is the meaning of the word "fractious"?

Inconsiderate

Agitated

Fast

Red in color
16 What meter does the poem use?

Iambic pentameter

Iambic tetrameter

It is written in free verse

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?

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 telling on him

By following 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?

Insects

Commas

Eyes

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

The first

The third

The fourth

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

Metonymy

Simile

Metaphor

Synecdoche
24 Which types of stanzas does this poem include?

Tercets and quatrains

Sestets and tercets

Septets and octaves

Octaves and couplets
25 What is the meaning of the word "tangible"?

Controversial

Underneath or hidden by something

Capable of being touched

Delicious

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