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

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

3. How many students graduated from Welton Academy the first year it was established?
(a) 9.
(b) 11.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.

4. What do the boys hear and see as they gather when they get ready for the trek to the cave?
(a) Owl.
(b) Hawk.
(c) School hunting-dog.
(d) Stray dog.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what time does Charlie want to host a study session in his room?

2. What subject does Dr. Hager teach the juniors?

3. In Chapter 3, what subject does Charlie want to study in his room?

4. What type of home do the Danburrys live in?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Keating say that one reads poetry?

3. What is the dorm room like that Todd and Neil share?

4. What do the boys begin to do in Chapter 7 as Pits reads?

5. How do the boys prepare to go find the cave where the Dead Poets Society was held?

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

7. What does Mr. Keating do after he has Neil read the introduction of "Understanding Poetry"?

8. What is chemistry class like the first day for the juniors?

9. What does Mr. Keating say about the Dead Poets Society?

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

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