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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who wrote "O Captain! My Captain!"?
(a) Abraham LIncoln.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
(d) Ralph Waldo Emerson.

3. In Chapter 4, how many lab experiments are the juniors to do and report on one every five weeks?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

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

5. What type of home do the Danburrys live in?
(a) Victorian.
(b) Rambling ranch.
(c) Modern three-story.
(d) White, Colonial.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many students graduated from Welton Academy the first year it was established?

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

3. In Chapter 5, who does the gym master say needs to lose some weight?

4. Where do Chris and Chet go to school?

5. What is the year in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Neil, Charlie, and Knox's parents want their sons to do for careers?

2. What is Latin class like the first day of school for the juniors?

3. Why has Todd transferred to Welton?

4. Why does Keating stand on his desk in Chapter 7?

5. Why does Keating say that one reads poetry?

6. How does Knox get to the Danburry's home?

7. Why are the juniors waiting in the Academy Honor room?

8. How does the first meeting of the Welton Chapter of the Dead Poets Society begin?

9. In Chapter 7, what does Keating when he pops his head back into the classroom?

10. What does Neil's father inform him at the beginning of Chapter 3?

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