Test Questions for Dead Poets Society 1. The name of the school is _. (a) Wexley(b) Bixley(c) Felton(d) Welton 2. What was the headmaster’s name? (a) Mr. Dolan(b) Mr. Nolan(c) Mr. Keaton(d) Mr. Keating 3. What did Mr. Keating want the boys to do with the introductions of their books? (a) Memorize them(b) Rip them out(c) Read them aloud(d) Highlight them 4. Mr. Keating dares his students to call him . (a)“Sir John”(b)“O Captain, My Captain”(c) “Lieutenant Dan” (d) “O Mentor, My Mentor” 5. In Latin, the words carpe diem mean. (a) Seize the day.(b) We are one.(c) Long live poetry.(d) Liberty for today. 6. The meetings of the “Dead Poets Society” were held. (a) In a cave(b) In a dorm room(c) In the school cafeteria(d) On a boat dock 7. What was the name of the book that the members of the “Dead Poets Society” read from before each meeting? (a) Poems of Robert Frost(b) Poetry for the Soul(c) Five Centuries of Verse(d) TIME 8. What is the “God of the Cave”? (a) A Lantern(b) A Girl(c) A Yearbook(d) The Spirit of Walt Whitman 9. What did Neil really want to do in life? (a) Teach(b) Act(c) Write(d) Become a doctor 10. What Shakespearean play was Neil involved in? (a) As You Like It(b) Romeo and Juliet(c) Othello(d) A Midsummer Night’s Dream Short Answer 1. Who was the bravest of the boys in Keating’s class? Why? 2. Was there another way for Neil to deal with his problems or was suicide his only way out of his predicament? What could he have done differently? 3. What were the dangers of nonconformity shown in the film? 4. Who in the film conformed to the wishes of Welton? Was their decision brave? Why or why not? 5. What was the significance when Mr. Keating told the boys to rip the introduction pages out of their textbooks?
1. The name of the school is _.
(a) Wexley(b) Bixley(c) Felton(d) Welton
2. What was the headmaster’s name?
(a) Mr. Dolan(b) Mr. Nolan(c) Mr. Keaton(d) Mr. Keating
3. What did Mr. Keating want the boys to do with the introductions of their books?
(a) Memorize them(b) Rip them out(c) Read them aloud(d) Highlight them
4. Mr. Keating dares his students to call him .
(a)“Sir John”(b)“O Captain, My Captain”(c) “Lieutenant Dan” (d) “O Mentor, My Mentor”
5. In Latin, the words carpe diem mean.
(a) Seize the day.(b) We are one.(c) Long live poetry.(d) Liberty for today.
6. The meetings of the “Dead Poets Society” were held.
(a) In a cave(b) In a dorm room(c) In the school cafeteria(d) On a boat dock
7. What was the name of the book that the members of the “Dead Poets Society” read from before each meeting?
(a) Poems of Robert Frost(b) Poetry for the Soul(c) Five Centuries of Verse(d) TIME
8. What is the “God of the Cave”?
(a) A Lantern(b) A Girl(c) A Yearbook(d) The Spirit of Walt Whitman
9. What did Neil really want to do in life?
(a) Teach(b) Act(c) Write(d) Become a doctor
10. What Shakespearean play was Neil involved in?
(a) As You Like It(b) Romeo and Juliet(c) Othello(d) A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Short Answer
1. Who was the bravest of the boys in Keating’s class? Why?
2. Was there another way for Neil to deal with his problems or was suicide his only way out of his predicament? What could he have done differently?
3. What were the dangers of nonconformity shown in the film?
4. Who in the film conformed to the wishes of Welton? Was their decision brave? Why or why not?
5. What was the significance when Mr. Keating told the boys to rip the introduction pages out of their textbooks?