"Interflora" Selection Quiz
Authored by Samantha Tees
English
8th Grade
CCSS covered
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This quiz assesses students' understanding of Susan Hamlyn's contemporary sonnet "Interflora," which cleverly merges traditional Shakespearean sonnet form with modern digital communication themes. The questions are designed for 8th-grade students and require sophisticated literary analysis skills including identifying poetic devices, understanding irony and tone, analyzing structure and form, and interpreting thematic elements. Students must demonstrate comprehension of how the poet uses technological language and formatting (like italics and computer terminology) to create humor and commentary on modern romance versus traditional expressions of love. The core concepts students need include understanding sonnet structure (particularly the significance of couplets and the 14-line format), recognizing how poets use literary devices like irony and juxtaposition, analyzing how formatting choices support meaning, and interpreting the relationship between form and content in poetry. Students must also possess critical thinking skills to compare traditional and contemporary methods of communication and understand how authors use familiar forms to comment on modern life. Created by Samantha Tees, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 8. This quiz serves as an excellent tool for formative assessment after students have studied both traditional sonnets and contemporary adaptations of classic forms. Teachers can use this as a post-reading comprehension check, homework assignment, or review activity before a unit test on poetry analysis. The quiz effectively supports instruction by requiring students to demonstrate multiple levels of understanding, from basic comprehension (identifying who sent the email) to higher-order analysis (understanding the irony in the final couplet). It works particularly well as a warm-up activity to begin discussions about how modern poets adapt traditional forms, or as practice for standardized test question formats. The variety of question types, including multiple-choice with multiple correct answers, prepares students for diverse assessment formats while reinforcing close reading skills. This assessment aligns with Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.4 (determining meaning of words and phrases including figurative language), CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.5 (analyzing how structure contributes to meaning), and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.6 (analyzing how authors develop point of view through style and content).
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which line reveals that the poem's speaker is sending an email?
From Robert B. @ mailexcite dot com
Please find herewith as proof of my esteem
To unwrap blooms and place in vase use Drag
Petals won’t wilt to husks nor leaves to slime
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CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
To smell the flowers, what does the recipient need to do?
Click on cellophane and press Control.
Highlight the print and click on Encrypt Reverse.
Use Drag.
Press Delete.
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CCSS.RI.7.3
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.3
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
According to the speaker, in what way are the on-line flowers better than real ones?
They are fresh and virtual.
They come with a message.
They will last forever.
They can easily be deleted.
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CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How does this poem differ from traditional sonnets?
number of lines
point of view
pattern of meter
use of language
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.7.10
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Lines 1 and 2 are important to —
identify which program was used to create the virtual bouquet
identify who sent and who received the virtual bouquet
explain how flowers were selected for the virtual bouquet
explain what was intended by the virtual bouquet
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.7
CCSS.RI.9-10.7
CCSS.RL.7.7
CCSS.RL.8.7
CCSS.RL.9-10.7
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The poet’s use of couplets demonstrates that she is —
following traditional sonnet form
following standard poetic meter
unaware of the themes in traditional sonnets
appreciative of technological advances
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
7.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The poet reveals the sender’s purpose in delivering the virtual bouquet in which two lines?
3
7
10
12
14
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.7.4
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