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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 3, what subject does Charlie want to study in his room?
(a) Calculus.
(b) Physics.
(c) Latin.
(d) Trigonometry.

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

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

5. Who conducts the first meeting of the Welton Chapter of the Dead Poets Society?
(a) Neil.
(b) Knox.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Todd.

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

7. In Chapter 7, what did the boys use to prop the rear door of their dorm open?
(a) Brick.
(b) Small board.
(c) Twig.
(d) Stick.

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

9. What type of trees are in the forest the boys go through on their way to the cave in Chapter 7?
(a) Birch.
(b) Aspen.
(c) Pine.
(d) Oak.

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

11. What accent does Mr. McAllister have?
(a) Scottish.
(b) German.
(c) Irish.
(d) French.

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

13. Who wrote "Ulysses," one of the poems the boys read for the first meeting of the Welton Chapter of the Dead Poets Society?
(a) Thoreau.
(b) Dryden.
(c) Henley.
(d) Tennyson.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what play does Chris suggest Ginny try out for?

2. In Chapter 5, what time is Knox to return to school after meeting with the Danburrys?

3. How many students go up and down the stairway in the Academy Honor Room at one time?

4. Where do Neil and Todd go for their first class in Chapter 4?

5. Who takes Knox Overstreet to the Danburry's home in Chapter 5?

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