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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. In Chapter 11, what does Knox bring Chris at the high school?

3. In Chapter 9, what does one of the girls call the guys as they sit around the fire?

4. What did Nolan used to teach at Welton?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Keating help Todd create a poem?

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

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

8. What does Keating say to Charlie about writing the article?

9. Why is Todd depressed in Chapter 9?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nolan has had issues with Keating's teaching style. Does Nolan's conflict with Keating's teaching methods lead to Nolan blaming Keating for Neil's death?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Charlie writes an article for the school paper. What are Nolan and Keating's reactions to the article and why?

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