Fahrenheit 451 Part 1

Question 1

What is Montag doing at the end of Part 1?

Accepted Answer

Reading Books

Question 2

According to Beatty, what feeling did people want to avoid?

Accepted Answer

Inferiority

Question 3

What happens after someone dies?

Accepted Answer

They burn (cremate) them 5 minutes later

Question 4

What adjective does Clarisse use to describe herself?

Accepted Answer

Insane

Question 5

What happens to the woman who has books in her attic?

Accepted Answer

Burns to Death

Question 6

Why does Mildred need help when Montag gets home?

Accepted Answer

She overdosed on sleeping pills

Question 7

What is Fahrenheit 451?

Accepted Answer

The temperature at which pages burn

Question 8

What does Montag want to do after Beatty leaves?

Accepted Answer

Kill Things

Question 9

What is Mildred's favorite thing to do?

Accepted Answer

Watch TV in the parlor with her "fam"

Question 10

According to Beatty, how does everyone want to feel?

Accepted Answer

Happy

Question 11

What does Clarisse say people talk about?

Accepted Answer

Nothing

Question 12

What does Montag see reflected in Clarisse's eyes?

Accepted Answer

Himself

Question 13

What do the "operators" do to Mildred?

Accepted Answer

They pump her stomach.

Question 14

What is the stomach pump machine compared to?

Accepted Answer

Cobra

Question 15

According to Beatty, who got offended at how they were shown in books and movies?

Accepted Answer

Minorities

Question 16

What does Montag kick in his bedroom?

Accepted Answer

Pill Bottle

Question 17

What happens to the woman who has books in her attic?

Accepted Answer

Burns to Death

Question 18

What does Montag decide about his job when Beatty is done?

Accepted Answer

He Will Quit

Question 19

What does Mildred have in her ears at breakfast?

Accepted Answer

Seashells

Question 20

Who is Montag's boss and Chief of the Firemen?

Accepted Answer

Beatty

Question 21

Why doesn't Montag want Mildred to fix his pillow?

Accepted Answer

He has a book hidden behind him

Question 22

What replaced literature, math and critical thinking in schools?

Accepted Answer

Emphasis on sports

Question 23

What in the firehouse is Montag afraid of?

Accepted Answer

Mechanical Hound

Question 24

According to Beatty, who is to blame for censorship?

Accepted Answer

Everybody

Question 25

How does the narrator describe Mildred's conversation with Montag?

Accepted Answer

Like a 2 Year Old

Question 26

How does the narrator describe Montag's home?

Accepted Answer

Like a Tomb

Question 27

Who has a long talk with Montag about the reason they burn books?

Accepted Answer

Beatty

Question 28

What happened to Clarisse?

Accepted Answer

She is Dead

Question 29

What does Montag take from the house?

Accepted Answer

Book

Question 30

What two words best describe Mildred?

Accepted Answer

nonchalant and apathetic

Question 31

What do Montag and Mildred call the characters in her TV shows?

Accepted Answer

Family

Question 32

What is Montag's job?

Accepted Answer

Fireman

Question 33

What does the dandelion reveal about Montag?

Accepted Answer

He Does Not Love Mildred

Question 34

What does Montag have hidden in the ventilator grille?

Accepted Answer

Books

Question 35

Who does Montag meet on the corner on his way home?

Accepted Answer

Clarisse

Question 36

What is the mechanical hound's purpose?

Accepted Answer

To track down and find people who have books.

Question 37

What happened to classic novels?

Accepted Answer

They shortened them until they were only 10 lines

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