In Mrs Tilscher’s Class Quizzes

In Mrs Tilscher's Class Quiz

1 Which is NOT a major theme of this poem?

Sexual Awakening

Innocence

Security and Safety

Nature
2 What is the poem's overarching conflict?

The endless fights between a teacher and student

The disagreements over educational policy in Britain

The battle between innocence and experience

The split between an older teacher and a younger one
3 What is this poem's setting?

A twentieth-century elementary school

An eighteenth-century all-girls school

A Victorian boarding school

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

Nature's power

Impending adulthood

Children's cruelty

War and violence
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 African geography

A lesson about multiplying fractions

A lesson about playing the recorder

A lesson about the days of the week
7 The sound of a bell is compared metaphorically to what?

An orchestra

A dog's bark

Laughter

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

Rueful

Fond

Crusading

Nostalgic
9 What do the frogs and tadpoles symbolize?

The joys of outdoor play

The city's separation from nature

The wildness of childhood

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

Inequality

Sex

Labor

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

Emotional and probing

Affectionate and engaging

Strict but fair

Zany and hilarious
12 Which best describes the poem's speaker?

They are a schoolchild

They are a teacher

They are a parent

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

Overwhelming

Unraveling

Intricate

Fascinating
14 What do gold stars symbolize?

Material wealth

Moral development

Mrs. Tilscher's love

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

Agitated

Inconsiderate

Red in color

Fast
16 What meter does the poem use?

Anapestic tetrameter

Iambic tetrameter

It is written in free verse

Iambic pentameter
17 What is this poem's point of view?

First-person singular

Second person

First-person plural

The poem contains several point-of-view shifts
18 What is the meaning of the word "skittle" in this poem?

A type of candy

A prop in a particular game, also called skittles

To loiter or waste time

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

By ignoring him

By telling on him

By following 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

Insects

Commas

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

The third

The first

The fourth

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

Simile

Synecdoche

Metaphor

Metonymy
24 Which types of stanzas does this poem include?

Sestets and tercets

Octaves and couplets

Septets and octaves

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

Underneath or hidden by something

Capable of being touched

Controversial

Delicious

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