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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 subject does Dr. Hager teach the juniors?
2. Why doesn't Todd want to go to the Dead Poets Society meeting?
3. In Chapter 7, who leads the group from the cave and into the night dancing and howling?
4. Who wrote "Ulysses," one of the poems the boys read for the first meeting of the Welton Chapter of the Dead Poets Society?
5. In Chapter 4, how many lab experiments are the juniors to do and report on one every five weeks?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened during a case that Knox's father and Mr. Danburry worked on together?
2. Why does Mr. Keating take the junior boys to the Honor Room on the first day of classes?
3. Why does a teacher tell the boys to slow down at the beginning of Chapter 2?
4. What is chemistry class like the first day for the juniors?
5. Why does Keating say that one reads poetry?
6. Why has Todd transferred to Welton?
7. What does Mr. Keating say about the Dead Poets Society?
8. What does Neil's father inform him at the beginning of Chapter 3?
9. How does the first meeting of the Welton Chapter of the Dead Poets Society begin?
10. How do the boys prepare to go find the cave where the Dead Poets Society was held?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Four boys march around the courtyard during one of Keating's classes. Why does Keating have the boys march around the courtyard?
Essay Topic 2
Knox is invited to a party. What hopes does Knox have when he is invited, and why does the party disappoint him?
Essay Topic 3
In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?
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