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

Nature

Innocence

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 disagreements over educational policy in Britain

The battle between innocence and experience
3 What is this poem's setting?
An eighteenth-century all-girls school

A Victorian boarding school

A 1990s high school

A twentieth-century elementary school
4 What can the "thunderstorm" of the final lines be said to represent?
Nature's power

Children's cruelty

War and violence

Impending adulthood
5 Which historical event is alluded to in this poem?
The publication of Johnson's Dictionary

The French Revolution

The Moors Murders

The founding of the BBC
6 Which of the following lessons is described in detail?
A lesson about multiplying fractions

A lesson about playing the recorder

A lesson about the days of the week

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

An orchestra

A dog's bark

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

Fond

Rueful

Crusading
9 What do the frogs and tadpoles symbolize?
The transition to maturity

The wildness of childhood

The city's separation from nature

The joys of outdoor play
10 Which facet of adult life surprises and horrifies the speaker?
Sex

Violence

Labor

Inequality
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 teacher

They are a grandparent

They are a parent

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

Unraveling

Fascinating

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"?
Inconsiderate

Agitated

Red in color

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

Anapestic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter

Iambic tetrameter
17 What is this poem's point of view?
Second person

First-person singular

The poem contains several point-of-view shifts

First-person plural
18 What is the meaning of the word "skittle" in this poem?
A prop in a particular game, also called skittles

A type of candy

To loiter or waste time

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

By ignoring him

By following him

By attacking him
20 What rhyme scheme does the poem use?
ABBAABBA

ABABCDCD

ABA ABA ABA

No consistent rhyme scheme
21 Duffy uses a metaphor to compare tadpoles to which of the following?
Seeds

Eyes

Insects

Commas
22 Which of the poem's stanzas heavily features alliterative T sounds?
The fourth

The third

The first

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

Simile

Metaphor

Metonymy
24 Which types of stanzas does this poem include?
Tercets and quatrains

Sestets and tercets

Octaves and couplets

Septets and octaves
25 What is the meaning of the word "tangible"?
Controversial

Delicious

Underneath or hidden by something

Capable of being touched

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