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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the candle mean that is carried at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Light of learning.
(b) Academic excellence.
(c) Freedom to learn.
(d) Light of knowledge.

2. In Chapter 5, what time is Knox to return to school after meeting with the Danburrys?
(a) 9:30.
(b) 10.
(c) 9.
(d) 8:30.

3. Why does Keating say that language was invented?
(a) To communicate.
(b) To laugh.
(c) To write.
(d) To woo women.

4. How long does Neil read the book he finds on his desk in Chapter 7?
(a) Almost 30 minutes.
(b) About an hour.
(c) 45 minutes.
(d) 90 minutes.

5. What sport does Todd Anderson wish to play at Welton?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Soccer.
(c) Rowing.
(d) Baseball.

6. How many boys attend Welton Academy?
(a) 550.
(b) More than 300.
(c) About 250.
(d) 400.

7. In Chapter 5, who does the gym master say needs to lose some weight?
(a) Cameron.
(b) Overstreet.
(c) Hastings.
(d) Pitts.

8. How many students go up and down the stairway in the Academy Honor Room at one time?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

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

10. What poem is Pitts instructed to read in Chapter 4?
(a) "At Sundown."
(b) "To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time."
(c) "Lyrics and Idyls."
(d) "Rhymes of Childhood."

11. How many of last year's graduates from Welton Academy went on to Ivy League schools?
(a) 84 percent.
(b) 55 percent.
(c) 91 percent.
(d) 75 percent.

12. Who takes the minutes for the first meeting of the Welton Chapter of the Dead Poets Society?
(a) Charlie.
(b) Neil.
(c) Todd.
(d) Knox.

13. What subject does Dr. Hager teach the juniors?
(a) Calculus.
(b) Trigonometry.
(c) Physics.
(d) Analytic Geometry.

14. In Chapter 5, who wants a study group right after dinner?
(a) Perry.
(b) Harrison.
(c) Knox.
(d) Meeks.

15. How old is John Keating?
(a) 38.
(b) Early 30s.
(c) Mid-40s.
(d) 29.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When is Neil Perry supposed to work on the school annual?

3. In Chapter 5, what poet does Keating quote?

4. How old is Gale Nolan?

5. Where is Welton Academy located?

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