In Mrs Tilscher’s Class Quizzes

In Mrs Tilscher's Class Quiz

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

Security and Safety

Innocence

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

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
3 What is this poem's setting?
An eighteenth-century all-girls school

A twentieth-century elementary school

A Victorian boarding school

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

Nature's power

Children's cruelty

Impending adulthood
5 Which historical event is alluded to in this poem?
The French Revolution

The publication of Johnson's Dictionary

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 African geography

A lesson about the days of the week

A lesson about playing the recorder
7 The sound of a bell is compared metaphorically to what?
An orchestra

Birdsong

A dog's bark

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

Crusading

Nostalgic

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

The transition to maturity

The wildness of childhood

The city's separation from nature
10 Which facet of adult life surprises and horrifies the speaker?
Violence

Inequality

Labor

Sex
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 parent

They are a grandparent

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

Intricate

Overwhelming

Unraveling
14 What do gold stars symbolize?
Mrs. Tilscher's love

Moral development

Educational inequity

Material wealth
15 What is the meaning of the word "fractious"?
Agitated

Red in color

Fast

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

Anapestic tetrameter

Iambic tetrameter

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

First-person plural

First-person singular

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

A prop in a particular game, also called skittles

A type of candy

To loiter or waste time
19 How does the speaker first respond to the "rough boy"?
By following him

By ignoring him

By telling on him

By attacking him
20 What rhyme scheme does the poem use?
No consistent rhyme scheme

ABBAABBA

ABABCDCD

ABA ABA ABA
21 Duffy uses a metaphor to compare tadpoles to which of the following?
Commas

Eyes

Seeds

Insects
22 Which of the poem's stanzas heavily features alliterative T sounds?
The first

The fourth

The third

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

Metonymy

Simile

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

Septets and octaves

Sestets and tercets

Octaves and couplets
25 What is the meaning of the word "tangible"?
Delicious

Controversial

Capable of being touched

Underneath or hidden by something

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