In Mrs Tilscher’s Class Quizzes

In Mrs Tilscher's Class Quiz

1 Which is NOT a major theme of this poem?
Security and Safety

Sexual Awakening

Nature

Innocence
2 What is the poem's overarching conflict?
The endless fights between a teacher and student

The split between an older teacher and a younger one

The battle between innocence and experience

The disagreements over educational policy in Britain
3 What is this poem's setting?
An eighteenth-century all-girls school

A 1990s high school

A twentieth-century elementary school

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

Nature's power

Impending adulthood

Children's cruelty
5 Which historical event is alluded to in this poem?
The founding of the BBC

The Moors Murders

The French Revolution

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

A lesson about multiplying fractions

A lesson about the days of the week

A lesson about playing the recorder
7 The sound of a bell is compared metaphorically to what?
Birdsong

A dog's bark

An orchestra

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

Rueful

Nostalgic

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

The wildness of childhood

The city's separation from nature

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

Sex

Inequality

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 grandparent

They are a schoolchild

They are a teacher

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

Unraveling

Intricate

Fascinating
14 What do gold stars symbolize?
Material wealth

Educational inequity

Moral development

Mrs. Tilscher's love
15 What is the meaning of the word "fractious"?
Fast

Agitated

Inconsiderate

Red in color
16 What meter does the poem use?
Anapestic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter

Iambic tetrameter

It is written in free verse
17 What is this poem's point of view?
First-person plural

The poem contains several point-of-view shifts

Second person

First-person singular
18 What is the meaning of the word "skittle" in this poem?
A small amount

A type of candy

To loiter or waste time

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?
ABABCDCD

ABBAABBA

No consistent rhyme scheme

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

Insects

Seeds

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

The third

The second

The fourth
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?
Sestets and tercets

Septets and octaves

Octaves and couplets

Tercets and quatrains
25 What is the meaning of the word "tangible"?
Capable of being touched

Delicious

Underneath or hidden by something

Controversial

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