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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Gale Nolan?
(a) 64.
(b) Early 60s.
(c) Mid-fifties.
(d) 45.

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

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

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

5. How old is Ginny Danburry?
(a) 15.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 13.

6. What book is on Neil's desk when he returns to his room in Chapter 7?
(a) Chemistry text.
(b) Poems by Thoreau.
(c) Poems by Whitman.
(d) Poetry anthology.

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

8. In Chapter 6, when does Keating say the last meeting of the Dead Poets Society was held?
(a) 20 years ago.
(b) 17 years ago.
(c) 15 years ago.
(d) 18 years ago.

9. In Chapter 5, what poet does Keating quote?
(a) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
(b) Walter de la Mare.
(c) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(d) Walt Whitman.

10. What do the flags say that are carried in the procession in Chapter 1?
(a) Wisdom and power.
(b) Tradition, honor, discipline, and excellence.
(c) Discipline and virtue.
(d) Knowledge, learning, excellence, and dignity.

11. What subject did Neil Perry have to take in summer school?
(a) Chemistry.
(b) Advanced Biology.
(c) Physics.
(d) Calculus.

12. Where do Neil and Todd go for their first class in Chapter 4?
(a) Language arts building.
(b) Chemistry building.
(c) Math building.
(d) Gym.

13. How many members are there in the junior class at the Academy?
(a) 40.
(b) 35.
(c) 44.
(d) 39.

14. How long has Welton Academy been in existence by Chapter 1?
(a) 150 years.
(b) 100 years.
(c) 125 years.
(d) 75 years.

15. In Chapter 4, how many problems do the juniors have to do for chemistry from Chapter 1?
(a) 15.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who conducts the first meeting of the Welton Chapter of the Dead Poets Society?

2. What car does Chet ask to borrow in Chapter 5?

3. Where has John Keating, the new English teacher, taught before coming to teach at Welton Academy?

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

5. When was Welton Academy established?

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