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

Innocence

Nature
2 What is the poem's overarching conflict?
The disagreements over educational policy in Britain

The endless fights between a teacher and student

The split between an older teacher and a younger one

The battle between innocence and experience
3 What is this poem's setting?
A twentieth-century elementary school

A 1990s high school

A Victorian boarding school

An eighteenth-century all-girls school
4 What can the "thunderstorm" of the final lines be said to represent?
Nature's power

War and violence

Children's cruelty

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

The founding of the BBC

The Moors Murders

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

A lesson about the days of the week

A lesson about playing the recorder

A lesson about African geography
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

Rueful

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?
Sex

Inequality

Violence

Labor
11 Which best describes Mrs. Tilscher's attitude?
Emotional and probing

Zany and hilarious

Affectionate and engaging

Strict but fair
12 Which best describes the poem's speaker?
They are a parent

They are a schoolchild

They are a teacher

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

Fascinating

Unraveling

Overwhelming
14 What do gold stars symbolize?
Moral development

Mrs. Tilscher's love

Material wealth

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

Fast

Red in color

Agitated
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 prop in a particular game, also called skittles

To loiter or waste time

A type of candy

A small amount
19 How does the speaker first respond to the "rough boy"?
By attacking him

By telling on him

By ignoring him

By following 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?
Seeds

Eyes

Commas

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

The second

The first

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

Metaphor

Metonymy

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

Tercets and quatrains

Septets and octaves

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

Controversial

Underneath or hidden by something

Capable of being touched

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