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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Keating assign the juniors for homework over the weekend in Chapter 7?
(a) Write a paper.
(b) Read 6 chapters in the text.
(c) Short story.
(d) Essay and poem.

2. Who used to own the book that Neil finds on his desk in Chapter 7?
(a) His mother.
(b) Keating.
(c) His father.
(d) Todd's father.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 6, who joins Keating at the teachers' dining table?
(a) Nolan.
(b) Gym master.
(c) Hager.
(d) McAllister.

4. When did John Dryden live?
(a) 1642-1712.
(b) 1631-1700.
(c) 1600-1692.
(d) 1598-1680.

5. Where has John Keating, the new English teacher, taught before coming to teach at Welton Academy?
(a) Riverside School.
(b) Watkins School.
(c) Chester School.
(d) Ambleside School.

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject does Todd decide he needs to study in Chapter 5, rather than attending a study group?

2. What instrument is played at the beginning of Chapter 1?

3. In Chapter 7, what did the boys use to prop the rear door of their dorm open?

4. In Chapter 5, who wants a study group right after dinner?

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

(see the answer key)

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