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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. In Chapter 10, what does Charlie want the boys to show Tina?

2. What is the name of the Welton school paper?

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

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

5. In Chapter 8, what part does Neil get in the play?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what does the cave represent to the boys?

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

3. Why does Chet beat Knox in Chapter 10?

4. How does Neil describe acting?

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

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

7. How does Keating help Todd create a poem?

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

9. Why does Dean Nolan call an assembly in Chapter 10?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Keating teaches the boys about poetry. What does Keating believe about how poetry should be written and where poetry can be found.

Essay Topic 2

Four boys march around the courtyard during one of Keating's classes. Why does Keating have the boys march around the courtyard?

Essay Topic 3

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

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