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What are the four "Pillars" of the Welton Academy? Tradition, discipline,

What are the four "Pillars" of the Welton Academy?
Tradition, discipline, excellence,

honour
There is much added pressure on students who attend prestigious schools like Welton. Name two aspects of education at Welton that are different from your experience at school.
e.g. students at Welton wear uniforms, the teachers are stricter, have to study more, etc.
What does the Latin term "Carpe Diem" mean?
seize the day (“ лови момент”)
What is the goal of Mr. Keating’s teaching?
To create free thinkers, to help his students seize the day
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5. What happened at meetings of the Dead Poets’ Society? The

5. What happened at meetings of the Dead Poets’ Society?
The students

read poems, talked, ate food, invited girls to take part etc.
6. What is the purpose of language according to the movie?
“to woo women”
7. Why does Mr. Keating stand on his desk?
Keating wants his students to remember to always see things from different perspectives.
8. What does Neil decide he really wants to do?
Neil decides he really wants to be an actor.
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9. What is a yawp? a loud/barbaric scream 10. What does

9. What is a yawp?
a loud/barbaric scream
10. What does Todd get

for his birthday? What happens to it?
Todd gets a desk set. Neil turns it into the “first unmanned flying desk set”.
11. What happens to Knox at the party?
He is made drunk by other students.
12. Who is Nuwanda?
Charlie Dalton.
13. What does Charlie do to get the boys in trouble?
He published an article in the school paper, in the name of the DPS, demanding that girls be admitted to Welton.
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14. What are the consequences of his action? Mr. Nolan holds

14. What are the consequences of his action?
Mr. Nolan holds an

assembly of all students where Charlie pretends to receive a phone call from God saying girls should be admitted to Welton. Nolan thinks Charlie wants to be expelled and punishes him by beating him up.
15. What problem does Neil face the day before the play?
His father wants to prevent him from taking part in the play because Neil has lied to him and not followed his orders.
16. What advice does Mr. Keating give Neil?
Keating advises Neil to talk to his father and explain his feelings about acting.
17. How does Knox seize his day?
He woos Chris by visiting her in her school, reading a poem to her and inviting her to a play with him.
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18. Does Neil have a talk with his father? If so,

18. Does Neil have a talk with his father? If so,

what is the result of that talk?
Neil does not talk to his father before the play, only afterwards.
19. Why can’t Neil express what he really wants to do in life to his father?
He is afraid of his father who has planned a career as a doctor for him.
20. What does the boys’ final statement tell Mr. Keating?
That it was Mr. Keating who Mr. Keating, who encouraged the boys to organize the DPS. He also encouraged Neil Perry to follow his obsession with acting against the will of his father. It was Keating’s action that led directly to Neil’s death.
21. How has Todd’s character changed in the course of the film?
He becomes more confident and stands up for his opinion. In the end it is him who stands on the desk for Keating first.