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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 7, who leads the group from the cave and into the night dancing and howling?

2. When did Welton's oldest living graduate graduate from the Academy?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 6, who joins Keating at the teachers' dining table?

4. What is the name of the English teacher who retired?

5. What poem is Pitts instructed to read in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the juniors waiting in the Academy Honor room?

2. What does Neil's father inform him at the beginning of Chapter 3?

3. How does the first meeting of the Welton Chapter of the Dead Poets Society begin?

4. What happened during a case that Knox's father and Mr. Danburry worked on together?

5. Why does Keating say that one reads poetry?

6. Why has Todd transferred to Welton?

7. What is the dorm room like that Todd and Neil share?

8. Why does Mr. Keating take the junior boys to the Honor Room on the first day of classes?

9. What do Neil, Charlie, and Knox's parents want their sons to do for careers?

10. What is Latin class like the first day of school for the juniors?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Neil ends his life. What causes Neil to commit suicide?

Essay Topic 2

Mr. Keating stands on his desk during a class. What does Mr. Keating hope to teach the boys by standing on his desk?

Essay Topic 3

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

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