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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 8, what do the boys do before they start the Dead Poets Society meeting?
(a) Build a fire.
(b) Sweep the cave.
(c) Have a snack.
(d) Carve their names in the walls of the cave.

2. What is the year in Chapter 1?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1957.

3. How many students graduated last year from Welton Academy?
(a) 49.
(b) 78.
(c) 51.
(d) 64.

4. Who said, "Only the contest made me a poet, a sophist, an orator"?
(a) Whitman.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Thoreau.
(d) Plato.

5. Where does Ginny Danburry go to school?
(a) Andrews High.
(b) Rothchild Hall.
(c) Victory High.
(d) Henley Hall.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many boys attend Welton Academy?

2. In Chapter 8, what type of music does Keating play at soccer practice?

3. When did John Dryden live?

4. What does Neil bring to the cave in Chapter 8?

5. Why doesn't Todd want to go to the Dead Poets Society meeting?

(see the answer key)

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