Trivia Quiz: Drama Film Dead Poets' Society
Have you understood the movie and got it right? Let's check !
- 1.The scene takes place in ...
- A.
1859
- B.
1959
- C.
1981
- 2.Who is the new teacher?
- A.
Mr. Portius
- B.
Mr. Perry
- C.
Mr. Keating
- 3.Who is the shy student?
- A.
Neil Perry
- B.
Todd Anderson
- C.
Knox Overstreet
- 4.Who is Todd Anderson's roommate?
- A.
Charlie Dalton
- B.
Stephen Meeks
- C.
Neil Perry
- 5.Mr. Keating used to teach in a famous school in ...
- A.
Paris
- B.
New York City
- C.
London
- 6.Where did Mr. Keating graduate from?
- A.
Eton
- B.
Welton Academy
- C.
Oxford
- 7."Captain my Captain" is a poem by the famous American poet Walt Whitman. Who does it refer to?
- A.
President Abraham Lincoln
- B.
President Andrew Johnson
- C.
President Thomas Jefferson
- 8.Mr. Perry wants his son Neil to become a ...
- A.
Lawyer
- B.
Banker
- C.
Doctor
- 9.Neil is the assistant editor of the school ...
- A.
Newspaper
- B.
Year book
- C.
Magazine
- 10.Mr. Perry thinks Neil has too many extracurricular activities and wants him to ...
- A.
Keep being active
- B.
Drop the school annual this year
- C.
Have no more extracurricular activities until he finishes school
- 11.Mr. Keating teaches his students to think for themselves and make their lives ...
- A.
Different
- B.
Extraordinary
- C.
Beautiful
- 12.Mr. Keating teaches ...
- A.
Translation
- B.
English
- C.
Poetry
- 13.What is the English equivalent of the following Latin phrase: Carpe Diem
- A.
Make your life extraordinary
- B.
Be yourself
- C.
Seize the day
- 14.Mr. Keating used to be part of a secret club when he was a student at Welton. What is the name of this secret club?
- A.
Poetry Club
- B.
Literature Society
- C.
Dead Poets' Society
- 15.What did Mr. Keating and his classmates use to do during these club meetings?
- A.
They read poems from famous poets
- B.
They sang
- C.
They had fun playing games
- 16.Who decides to recreate this secret society?
- A.
Charlie Dalton
- B.
Stephen Meeks
- C.
Neil Perry
- 17.Who decides to slip an article in the school paper asking for girls to be accepted in Welton?
- A.
Neil Perry
- B.
Todd Anderson
- C.
Charlie Dalton
- 18.Neil Perry loves acting and is thrilled when he got the main part. He decides to ....
- A.
Ask his father to write to Mr. Nolan in order to let him act in the play
- B.
Ask Mr. Keating to talk to his father in order to convince him to let him act in the play
- C.
Forge a letter and write it on behalf of his father giving him permission to act
- 19.Mr. Nolan is furious when to his great astonishment he discovers the printed article that has been slipped in the school paper. He ...
- A.
Summons the students and staff to a meeting
- B.
Doens't pay attention to this article
- C.
Decides to allow girls to be admitted at Welton
- 20.Mr. Nolan advises the culprit (guilty person) to acknolowdge his fault so as to avoid expulsion from the school. Therefore, Charlie ...
- A.
Decides not to confess
- B.
Lies and blames somebody else
- C.
Admits having slipped the article in the school paper
- 21.When Mr. Perry learns about his son's being involved in a play, he ...
- A.
Believes there must be a mistake and is sure Neil does not act in a play
- B.
Says he already knows about it and encourages his son's talent
- C.
Replies that he first dispproved but then changed his mind
- 22.Mr. Perry blames somebody for Neil's interest in drama and acting. Who does he blame?
- A.
He blames his classmates and thinks that Neil was influnced by them
- B.
He blames Mr. Portius, the headmaster
- C.
He blames Mr. Keating because he believes he put him up to this absurd acting business
- 23.After the show which was a hit, Mr. Perry picks his son up and they go home. He tells him that he has decided to enroll him at a military school so as to become a doctor as he has already planned for him. Neil ...
- A.
Immediately obeys
- B.
Disapproves but he cannot speak his mind out
- C.
Is happy because his father wants to secure his future
- 24.After Neil's death, Mr. Portius decides to ....
- A.
Forbid extracurricular activities
- B.
Conduct a thorough inquiry
- C.
Discourage students from having high hopes
- 25.Cameron decides to abide by the rules and confess everything about the Dead Poets' Society and blames Mr. Keating for Neil's death. His clasmates, and especially Charlie ...
- A.
Are outraged by his behavior and think Cameron is a "fink"
- B.
Agree and believe they should do the same to avoid being expelled from school
- C.
Agree and think they should try to devise a strategy to get away with it
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