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Dead Poets Society . There are 109 questions on this topic. Last updated May 06 2024.
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101 Keating said to Charlie after the paddling, "Like, if nothing else, the opportunity to attend my classes. Got it, Ace?" Charlie answered:
Answer: Aye, aye, Captain.

Charlie accepted Mr. Keating's criticism willingly enough.
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In the bathroom scene, Neil asked Todd if he would like to join their study group. Todd said he would like to do some ____________ instead.




102 Which banner did Cameron hold at the beginning of the film?
Answer: Tradition

Knox held "Discipline", Neil held "Excellence". Cameron held "Tradition". Cameron can be viewed as a character more attached to the tradition than other dead poets.
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103 Dr. Hager is the ___________ teacher.
Answer: trigonometry

Dr. Hager, on the very first lesson, states that, "Your study of trigonometry requires absolute precision. Anyone failing to turn in any homework assignment will be penalized one point off their final grade. Let me urge you now not to test me on this point."
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104 Whose poem did Neil recite on their first Dead Poets' Meeting?
Answer: Tennyson

Neil read an extract from "Ulysses", by Alfred Lord Tennyson. "Come, my friends...'Tis not too late to seek a newer world, for my purpose holds to sail beyond the sunset. And though we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven; that which we are we are; - one equal temper of heroic hearts, made weak by time and fate, but strong in will. To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."
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105 Which 3 students were chosen to take a stroll in the courtyard, as a demonstration of the difficulty in nonconformity?
Answer: Knox, Pitts, Cameron

Mr. Keating mimicked their way of walking after the demonstration.
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106 On the fatal night, Mr. Perry told his son that he had decided Neil should be transferred to a __________ school.
Answer: military

Mr. Perry thought it was better to put Neil under a firmer control, so he decided Neil should leave Welton and go to a military school instead. In this way Neil would not be able to continue with his "absurd acting business".
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107 What is the first name of Neil's father?
Answer: Tom

We can hear Mr. Nolan and Mrs. Perry address him as "Tom". Gale is the first name of Mr. Nolan.
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108 Charlie's father is a ____________.
Answer: banker

We know that as Neil once said to Knox and Charlie, "Oh, that's rich. Like you guys tell your parents off, Mr. Future Lawyer and Mr. Future Banker." Later we know Knox's father is a lawyer from Mr. Danburry. So Charlie's father should be a banker.
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109 In the bathroom scene, Neil asked Todd if he would like to join their study group. Todd said he would like to do some ____________ instead.
Answer: history

But in fact we see Todd doing chemistry when he was alone in his room.
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