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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. How old is the director of the play at Henley Hall?
(a) 50s.
(b) 35.
(c) 40s.
(d) 29.

2. Where does Todd go in Chapter 11 after he helps Neil practice his lines for the play?
(a) Cave.
(b) Library.
(c) Dean's office.
(d) Dorm.

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

4. How old are the girls that come with Charlie to the cave in Chapter 9?
(a) 18.
(b) Late teens.
(c) 20s.
(d) 17.

5. In Chapter 8, what does Keating use to get Todd to create a poem?
(a) Photograph of Whitman.
(b) Photograph of Thoreau.
(c) Bust of Plato.
(d) Bust of Socrates.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Knox mistaken for in Chapter 9 at the Danburry party?

2. In Chapter 11, what excuse does Neil use not to dine together with the rest of the society pledges?

3. On what floor of the dorm is Mr. Keating's quarters?

4. At the end of Chapter 9, who has Knox been drinking with?

5. What is one of the girl's drinking that Charlie brings to the cave in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What advice does Keating give Neil about his father's demand that he quit acting?

3. In Chapter 8, what do the boys do while they wait for Todd to join them in the cave?

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

5. What is Charlie supposed to do so he won't be expelled for writing the article?

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

7. Why does Nolan speak with Keating in Chapter 10?

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

9. Why is Todd depressed in Chapter 9?

10. How does Neil describe acting?

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