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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What subject does Todd decide he needs to study in Chapter 5, rather than attending a study group?
(a) English.
(b) History.
(c) Calculus.
(d) Latin.

2. In Chapter 7, who leads the group from the cave and into the night dancing and howling?
(a) Todd.
(b) Neil.
(c) Knox.
(d) Charlie.

3. What is the name of the English teacher who retired?
(a) Mr. Johnson.
(b) Mr. Portius.
(c) Mr. Williamson.
(d) Mr. Davies.

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

5. When was Welton Academy established?
(a) 1859.
(b) 1809.
(c) 1884.
(d) 1834.

6. Where do Chris and Chet go to school?
(a) Mason Prep.
(b) Allister High.
(c) Ridgeway High.
(d) Walton Prep.

7. When did W. E. Henley live?
(a) 1864-1912.
(b) 1839-1904.
(c) 1802-1888.
(d) 1849-1903.

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

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

10. What instrument is played at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Bagpipes.
(b) Organ.
(c) Drum.
(d) Trumpet.

11. Who wrote the phrase "sucking the marrow out of life"?
(a) Whitman.
(b) Emerson.
(c) Thoreau.
(d) Longfellow.

12. Why doesn't Todd want to go to the Dead Poets Society meeting?
(a) He doesn't want to get in trouble.
(b) He's too tired.
(c) He has to study.
(d) He doesn't want to read.

13. Who is the author of the understanding poetry book Mr. Keating has Neil read from in Chapter 5?
(a) Dr. J. Evan Pritchard.
(b) Dr. Susan Richardson.
(c) Dr. David M. Laird.
(d) Dr. M. Diana Watkins.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 4, how many problems do the juniors have to do for chemistry from Chapter 1?

3. How many of last year's graduates from Welton Academy went on to Ivy League schools?

4. What do the boys hear and see as they gather when they get ready for the trek to the cave?

5. Who wrote "Ulysses," one of the poems the boys read for the first meeting of the Welton Chapter of the Dead Poets Society?

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