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The Sieve and the Sand Quiz
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1
How does Montag communicate from Faber in his absence?
Faber talks to him through a green bullet listening device
Montag memorizes the speech Faber wrote for him.
Montag closes his eyes and imagines what Faber would say
Faber hides in a van outside the firehouse
2
What plan of action do Montag and Faber accidentally come up with?
to bomb the city, obliterating everybody
plant book and turn in alarms on fireman
burn the fire chief to prevent him from catching him
to memorize books (instead of printing them)
3
What does Fabor remark that books smell like?
like the soil of the earth after it has been tilled.
Like the molds that grow in damp, dark places
like the air following a sudden rainstorm
like nutmeg or some spice from a foreign land
4
Why does Montag reveal his book of poetry to Mildred's guests.
He is hopeful that the women appreciate the poetry
He is hoping to get the ladies caught reading and burned .
He had no choice because Mildred revealed his dirty secret
He is fed up with them and he cannot stand them anymore
5
Who or what is outside Montag's door. " a slow, probing sniff, an exhalation of electric steam"
The Mechanical Hound
The firemen
Beatty
the robot servant
6
To what is Montag referring when he says, "I saw the damnedest snake the other night..."?
The snake from the TV show Mildred watches
The snake emblem on the fire truck
the fear he harbors out of fear of detection
the tube used to pump Mildred's stomach
7
What piece of trivia does Faber tell Montag that he didn't realize before?
professors were the first to ask for book burnings
the public itself stopped reading of its own accord
Clarisse was not actually hit by a car; she escaped.
the war was a ruse to scare people into submission
8
To whose house did Beatty take Montag to burn?
Faber's house
Beatty's own house
Montag's house
Clarisse and her uncle's house
9
Who is Faber?
Clarisse's uncle, who inspired and enlightened her
an old, retired English professor that Montag met in a park
the author of a poetry book that Montag has hidden
the long haired guy on the front of romance novels
10
Why is Montag unable to memorize the Bible on the train?
"Denham's Dentifrice" and other such commercials are blaring
He dropped the Bible on the way to the subway
he is too scared to read the Bible in front of people
He realizes his feeble brain is incapable of the a large job
11
What secret does Montag reveal to Mildred?
the sad truth that he is in love with Clarisse
He has approximately 20 books illegally hidden
The realization that he does not love her
The fact that he has been reading books for years
12
What is "Jesus Christ" like in Montag's society?
He has morphed into an villain that chases "the relatives."
He has been erased as though He never existed
He has been commercialized and is broadcast over the wall TV
He is only brought up at Christmas time
13
Why is it ironic that Mildred sees no values in books since "Books aren't people."
Mildred does not know how to read
The books are more valuable than people
Her "family" in the parlor walls are not real people either
the books can bring people together, forming connections
14
Why does Montag keep hearing planes flying overhead?
there are no planes; the sound is just in his earbuds
The planes are surveillance aircraft sent to watch his house
the country is at war, but nobody talks about it
The government routinely flies planes to scare the citizens
15
What does Faber say is missing from society?
quality of information
the right to carry out actions
all the above
the leisure to digest it
