Dead Poets Society Chapter 9

Dead Poets Society

Chapter 9

“Yet, but three? Come one more; Two of both kinds make up four.

Here she comes, curst and sad.- Cupid is a knavish lad

Thus to make poor females mad.”

1. Questions

What does the following mean: Cupid is a knavish lad? - Amor er en uærlig dreng

What is Neil´s character in the play called? - Puck

Why is Todd dissatisfied with the monogrammed desk set? - Because he got the same desk for his previous birthday, and he did not even like it the first time he got it.

Do Todd´s parents love their children according to Todd? - No, because they do not care about how they feel, but more about their grades and how they perform in school.

Who are Gloria and Tina? - Two girls that Dalton brought to the cave, he told the girls that the cave was his; he tries to get both the girls by reading out poems to them as if he made them up himself, when in reality he just memorized the poems and told them as they were his.

What is Charlie´s new name? - Nuwanda

2. Insert the missing word:

a. Row of shops

b. White brick buildings

c. Henley Hall

d. And parked it in a rack in front of the building.

e. Neil smiled and dashed to the center stage

f. Except for his chattering his teeth Todd sat silent and still

g. Knox followed their lead and burst into a coughing.

3. Conjugate the following words changing them to the past tense:

1. Pedal  - Pedalled            

2.  Slide  - Slid

3. Begin  - Began

4. Run  - Ran

5. Shake  - Shook

6. Swing  - Swang

7. Ride  - Rode

8. Leap  - Leapt

9. Ring  - Rang

4. Translate or explain the following words in Danish

Rehearsal - Generalprøve

Square - Kvadrat/Firkant

Delight - Fryd

Impishly - Ballademager/Drilsk

Bedabbled - Sprøjte beskidt vand

Dew - Dug

briars - Krattet

cooed - Kurrede

mesmerized - Hypnotisere

hushed - Dysset

mocked - Drillede

swig - Slurk

pavement - Fortov

fog - Tåge

commotion - Uro

flabbergasted - Lamslået

furrowed - Furet

frowned - Rynkede

lurches - Snørklede

bounce - Hoppe

fraternity - Broderskab

pantry - Spisekammer

refrigerator - Køleskab

flippantly - Flabet

monogrammed - Monogram

obviously - Åbentlyst

underestimating - Undervurdere

anguished - Forpinte

cadence - Kadence

emanating - Udgået