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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 does Neil say that he feels now that he is acting in the play?
(a) Happy.
(b) Exuberant.
(c) Alive.
(d) Invigorated.

2. What did Nolan used to teach at Welton?
(a) Trigonometry.
(b) Latin.
(c) English.
(d) Science.

3. In Chapter 9, what does one of the girls call the guys as they sit around the fire?
(a) Weird.
(b) Smarty pants.
(c) Strange.
(d) Crazy.

4. Who misses soccer practice in Chapter 8?
(a) Watson and Perry.
(b) Anderson and Overstreet.
(c) Meeks.
(d) Dalton.

5. What are the names of the girls Charlie brings to the Dead Poets Society meeting in Chapter 9?
(a) Gloria and Tina.
(b) Annie and Megan.
(c) Penny and Sally.
(d) Elizabeth and Ruth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Todd's father call him when Todd was younger?

2. Who told Neil's father that Neil was acting in a play?

3. In Chapter 9, how does Neil get to rehearsals at Henley Hall?

4. What do Charlie and Gloria do in Chapter 10 after the other boys leave them alone?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Chet beat Knox in Chapter 10?

2. How does Neil feel after a rehearsal of the play in Chapter 9?

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

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

5. How does Keating run soccer practice in Chapter 8?

6. How does Keating help Todd create a poem?

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

8. How does Neil describe acting?

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

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

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