Dead Poets Society

What are the four pillars of Welton College?

• Discipline, love, respect and hard work
• Ingenuity, innovation, integrity and industry
• Morality, management, money and brotherhood
  
• Tradition, honor, discipline and excellence
  

What birthday present did Todd receive from his parents?

• New radio
  
• School uniform
  
• Chess set
  
• Desk set
  

What did Mr. Keating want his students to call him?

• Oh Captain, my Captain
• Uncle John
  
• Professor Keating
  
• Mr. English Teacher
  

 Why does Mr. Keating have the students rip out the essay from the front of their textbooks?

• Poetry should not be scientifically measured
  
• Reading poetry is not like scoring songs on American Bandstand
  
• Poetry comes from the soul and measuring it in any way is absurd
  
• All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Why did Mr. Keating have his students climb up on their desks?

• To discipline them
  
• For exercise because they were getting lazy
  
• Give them a different perspective
  
• Playing a game

What is the purpose of education according to Mr. Keating?

• Get students ready for university
  
• To think as individuals
  
• Rules and regulations of life
  
• Make students conform to society's rules

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Mr. Keating tells the boys that they can call him "O' Captain My Captain," which poet's work is this from?

• Emily Dickinson
• Walt Whitman
• Henry David Thoreau
• Edgar Allan Poe

What does "Carpe Diem" mean in English?

• Seize the day
• Have a nice day
• Happy Day
• Good Day

Which student does Mr. Keating have "Sound my barbaric YAWP" ?

• Todd
• Neil
• Charlie
• The kid with the allergie

What extra curricular activity does Mr. Perry have Neil removed from (as they start school)?

• Rowing
• Soccer
• The school annual
• Art