In Mrs Tilscher’s Class Quizzes

In Mrs Tilscher's Class Quiz

1 Which is NOT a major theme of this poem?
Sexual Awakening

Nature

Security and Safety

Innocence
2 What is the poem's overarching conflict?
The battle between innocence and experience

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
3 What is this poem's setting?
A Victorian boarding school

An eighteenth-century all-girls school

A 1990s high school

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

Nature's power

War and violence

Impending adulthood
5 Which historical event is alluded to in this poem?
The founding of the BBC

The publication of Johnson's Dictionary

The French Revolution

The Moors Murders
6 Which of the following lessons is described in detail?
A lesson about playing the recorder

A lesson about the days of the week

A lesson about multiplying fractions

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

Birdsong

Laughter

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

Nostalgic

Crusading

Fond
9 What do the frogs and tadpoles symbolize?
The joys of outdoor play

The city's separation from nature

The transition to maturity

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

Sex

Labor

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

Strict but fair

Zany and hilarious

Emotional and probing
12 Which best describes the poem's speaker?
They are a schoolchild

They are a parent

They are a teacher

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

Fascinating

Intricate

Overwhelming
14 What do gold stars symbolize?
Material wealth

Mrs. Tilscher's love

Educational inequity

Moral development
15 What is the meaning of the word "fractious"?
Inconsiderate

Agitated

Red in color

Fast
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?
Second person

First-person singular

First-person plural

The poem contains several point-of-view shifts
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 telling on him

By ignoring him

By following him

By attacking 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?
Seeds

Commas

Insects

Eyes
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?
Synecdoche

Metonymy

Simile

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

Sestets and tercets

Tercets and quatrains

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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