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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What music is playing at the Danburry house at the end of Chapter 9?

2. What is the name of the "expert" Keating used in a college paper?

3. How is Charlie punished for putting his article in the school paper?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 8, when does the Dead Poets Society meet?

5. What does one of the girls pass around to drink at the cave in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Chet beat Knox in Chapter 10?

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

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

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

5. How does Neil describe acting?

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

7. How does Keating help Todd create a poem?

8. Why doesn't McAllister think the boys will turn out to be conformists?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A topic in Mr. Keating's class is poetry analysis. How does Mr. Keating believe that poetry should be analyzed?

Essay Topic 2

Neil's father orders him to quit the play. Why is Neil is so upset that his father wants him to quit?

Essay Topic 3

Todd is depressed after receiving his birthday present from his parents. Why is Todd depressed after receiving the birthday present?

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