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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 said, "Only the contest made me a poet, a sophist, an orator"?
(a) Thoreau.
(b) Plato.
(c) Whitman.
(d) Socrates.

2. What is the name of the Welton school paper?
(a) Welton Honors.
(b) Welton Tidbits.
(c) Welton News.
(d) Welton Intelligence.

3. In Chapter 10, how long do the boys have to take a pop quiz in Keating's class?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 10 minutes.
(c) 20 minutes.
(d) 15 minutes.

4. What is the name of the girl that Keating is writing in Chapter 11?
(a) Amanda.
(b) Rebecca.
(c) Jessica.
(d) Peggy.

5. What did Todd's father call him when Todd was younger?
(a) Five ninety-eight.
(b) Nineteen twelve.
(c) Trouble.
(d) Squirt.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what type of music does Keating play at soccer practice?

2. In Chapter 9, where does Knox find Ginny at the party?

3. What type of jackets do Todd and Neil wear at the beginning of Chapter 11?

4. How old are the girls that come with Charlie to the cave in Chapter 9?

5. In Chapter 11, what grades is Neil getting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Todd's dad call him when he was growing up and why?

2. How does Keating help Todd create a poem?

3. In Chapter 8, why does Neil carry a lampshade to the Dead Poets Society Meeting?

4. Why does a meeting of the Dead Poets Society end abruptly in Chapter 8?

5. Why is Chris glad when Knox calls her in Chapter 8?

6. Who does Charlie bring to the cave in Chapter 9?

7. How is the weather described at the beginning of Chapter 11?

8. Why does Chet beat Knox in Chapter 10?

9. How is Charlie punished for the article that he put in the school newspaper?

10. What does Neil's father say when Neil tells him the performance is the next night?

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