In Mrs Tilscher’s Class Quizzes

In Mrs Tilscher's Class Quiz

1 Which is NOT a major theme of this poem?

Nature

Security and Safety

Innocence

Sexual Awakening
2 What is the poem's overarching conflict?

The split between an older teacher and a younger one

The battle between innocence and experience

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 twentieth-century elementary school

An eighteenth-century all-girls school

A 1990s high 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 publication of Johnson's Dictionary

The Moors Murders

The French Revolution

The founding of the BBC
6 Which of the following lessons is described in detail?

A lesson about playing the recorder

A lesson about multiplying fractions

A lesson about the days of the week

A lesson about African geography
7 The sound of a bell is compared metaphorically to what?

A dog's bark

Laughter

Birdsong

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

Nostalgic

Fond

Crusading

Rueful
9 What do the frogs and tadpoles symbolize?

The transition to maturity

The city's separation from nature

The joys of outdoor play

The wildness of childhood
10 Which facet of adult life surprises and horrifies the speaker?

Violence

Inequality

Labor

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

Affectionate and engaging

Zany and hilarious

Strict but fair

Emotional and probing
12 Which best describes the poem's speaker?

They are a parent

They are a teacher

They are a schoolchild

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

Unraveling

Fascinating

Intricate

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"?

Agitated

Fast

Red in color

Inconsiderate
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?

Second person

The poem contains several point-of-view shifts

First-person plural

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

A small amount

To loiter or waste time

A prop in a particular game, also called skittles

A type of candy
19 How does the speaker first respond to the "rough boy"?

By attacking him

By telling on him

By following him

By ignoring him
20 What rhyme scheme does the poem use?

No consistent rhyme scheme

ABA ABA ABA

ABABCDCD

ABBAABBA
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 second

The fourth

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

Metaphor

Metonymy

Synecdoche

Simile
24 Which types of stanzas does this poem include?

Septets and octaves

Octaves and couplets

Tercets and quatrains

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

Delicious

Underneath or hidden by something

Capable of being touched

Controversial

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