In Mrs Tilscher’s Class Quizzes

In Mrs Tilscher's Class Quiz

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

Security and Safety

Nature

Sexual Awakening
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?
A Victorian boarding school

An eighteenth-century all-girls school

A twentieth-century elementary school

A 1990s high school
4 What can the "thunderstorm" of the final lines be said to represent?
Children's cruelty

War and violence

Impending adulthood

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

The French Revolution

The Moors Murders

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

A lesson about playing the recorder

A lesson about African geography

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

An orchestra

Birdsong

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

Rueful

Crusading

Nostalgic
9 What do the frogs and tadpoles symbolize?
The wildness of childhood

The joys of outdoor play

The city's separation from nature

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

Sex

Violence

Labor
11 Which best describes Mrs. Tilscher's attitude?
Strict but fair

Emotional and probing

Zany and hilarious

Affectionate and engaging
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"?
Unraveling

Intricate

Overwhelming

Fascinating
14 What do gold stars symbolize?
Moral development

Material wealth

Educational inequity

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

Fast

Red in color

Agitated
16 What meter does the poem use?
It is written in free verse

Iambic pentameter

Iambic tetrameter

Anapestic tetrameter
17 What is this poem's point of view?
The poem contains several point-of-view shifts

Second person

First-person singular

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

To loiter or waste time

A type of candy

A prop in a particular game, also called skittles
19 How does the speaker first respond to the "rough boy"?
By ignoring him

By following him

By telling on him

By attacking 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

Commas

Insects

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

The fourth

The first

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

Metonymy

Metaphor

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

Sestets and tercets

Septets and octaves

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

Underneath or hidden by something

Capable of being touched

Delicious

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