What does Montag do to finally convince Faber to help?

He begins tearing up the Bible.

What does Beatty try to do when Montag shows up at the fire station?

Confuse him with a lot of conflicting statements from books.

Why does the search move away from the river and turn toward the city?

They couldn’t find him and didn't want to lose the audience.

Why does Montag want Faber to turn on the air conditioner and sprinkler after he leaves?

to remove Montag's smell from the house.

Granger gives Montag something to drink. It is

something to change his chemical smell.

What makes Montag think that Faber would be able to help him?

When they met, Montag sensed that Faber was reciting poetry.

When Montag meets Granger he learns that

Police have killed an innocent man and said he was Montag.

What is Montag’s idea to change the world?

Plant books in firemen’s houses and call in an alarm.

The Old Woman was willing to die with her books because

Life wasn’t worth living without them.

What does the title mean?

It is the degree at which paper burns.

What is the title and author of the poem Montag reads to the women?

“Dover Beach” by Matthew Arnold

What happened to Clarisse?

She is hit and killed in a car accident.

The reason that a medical doctor didn’t come to see Mildred when she overdosed was that

There are too many suicide attempts. Technicians handle it.

What is the real reason front porches and rocking chairs were eliminated?

Porches were where people sat, talked, read, and thought.

Granger’s grandfather influenced his life by

carving toys and raising pigeons

How are the men Montag meets preserving books??

They memorize the contents of the books themselves.

After the war is over, what do the men and Montag believe their mission to be?

to help people remember mistakes from history, and learn from them again

How do the citizens become active participants in the hunt for Montag?

They all open their front doors and look for him running.

Why does Montag call the people on the parlor walls, Mildred's family?

Because Mildred seems closer to them than real people.

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1
The two symbols of a fireman are
Phoenix and fire ant
Scarab beetle and salamander
Scarab beetle and fire ant
Phoenix and salamander
2
What does Montag do to finally convince Faber to help?
He threatens to call the police and have Faber arrested.
He tells Faber that he (Montag) is on the verge of suicide.
He tells Faber he has money to start a printing press.
He begins tearing up the Bible.
3
What does Beatty try to do when Montag shows up at the fire station?
Get Montag to rat out his book reading friends.
Get Montag to admit he’s secretly taking books.
Confuse him with a lot of conflicting statements from books.
Show Montag that they are both secret book lovers.
4
Montag becomes the book of
Sea of Faith
Dover Beach
Ecclesiastes
Revelation
5
Why does the search move away from the river and turn toward the city?
They decided it was easier to hunt Faber.
Faber called in a fake “Montag” sighting and drew them away.
They received a call about Fireman Black having books.
They couldn’t find him and didn't want to lose the audience.
6
After the planes fly over, the war lasts
three seconds.
a decade.
five years.
a year.
7
What book did Montag take to Faber’s?
The Works of William Shakespeare
Readers Digest Condensed Books of the Classics
The Koran
The Bible
8
Montag hides books and turns in an alarm on whose house?
Beatty's
Black's
Faber's
Stoneman's
9
Why does Montag want Faber to turn on the air conditioner and sprinkler after he leaves?
to remove Montag's smell from the house.
to water down his house in case the firemen try to burn it.
so he can run through it and feel alive.
to draw the neighbors’ attention away so he can escape.
10
Why is Clarisse considered anti-social?
She always has a book in her hand.
She watches too much television.
She talks too much.
She eats lunch alone at school.
11
Who are the people in Montag’s world fighting? What are they fighting over?
Europe – the right to trade between countries.
Canada – the right to read.
Mexico – the right to travel freely between countries.
No one seems to know.
12
Granger gives Montag something to drink. It is
poison.
something to change his chemical smell.
purified water.
something to make him to remember the books he’s read.
13
What makes Montag think that Faber would be able to help him?
Faber proudly read books in public.
When they met, Montag sensed that Faber was reciting poetry.
Faber told him that he could help with understanding books.
Montag knew that Faber had once been arrested for reading.
14
What is it that Montag can never fully wash off?
The smell of smoke.
The smell of books.
The smell of deceit.
The smell of kerosene.
15
Who wrote Fahrenheit 451?
Ray Bradbury
James Thurber
Shirley Jackson
Laurie Halse Anderson
16
What does Faber give Montag to help him out?
A two-way radio.
Several books on how to understand literature.
Money – enough to ensure Montage can escape to another town.
Addresses of people who will hide Montag.
17
When Montag meets Granger he learns that
Police have killed an innocent man and said he was Montag.
the new Mechanical Hound is now on their side of the river.
Granger and the other men are also being hunted.
Montag isn’t welcome because he is an outlaw.
18
What is Montag’s idea to change the world?
Plant books in firemen’s houses and call in an alarm.
Bomb fire stations.
Secretly print books and hand them out to schoolchildren.
Start protesting the government.
19
The Old Woman was willing to die with her books because
They are first edition, rare copies.
She was a former librarian. Taking care of them was her job
Life wasn’t worth living without them.
Her husband left them to her and it’s all she has.
20
What does the title mean?
It is the degree at which paper burns.
It is the number of the fire station.
It is the number of houses that have been burned by Montag.
It is the number of books that have been burned by Montag.
21
What is the title and author of the poem Montag reads to the women?
“Dover Beach” by Matthew Arnold
“Gulliver’s Travels” by Jonathan Swift
“Walden” by Henry David Thoreau
“Sea of Faith” by Samuel Johnson
22
What happened to Clarisse?
She and her family go on the run.
She is caught by the mechanical hound.
She is hit and killed in a car accident.
Her family fakes her death.
23
The reason that a medical doctor didn’t come to see Mildred when she overdosed was that
Being a doctor is illegal.
Montag didn’t have insurance.
There are too many suicide attempts. Technicians handle it.
Mildred has tried this too many times before.
24
What is the real reason front porches and rocking chairs were eliminated?
Porches and rocking chairs were too expensive.
Rocking chairs did not fit into the modern house style.
Porches and rocking chairs are too flammable.
Porches were where people sat, talked, read, and thought.
25
How is the city destroyed at the end of the book?
Fire
Tornado
Flood
Bomb
26
Granger’s grandfather influenced his life by
paying Granger's way through college
helping Granger build race cars
carving toys and raising pigeons
teaching Granger how to read and hide books
27
How are the men Montag meets preserving books??
They memorize the contents of the books themselves.
They are inventing new literature that they will write down when it is safe
They make replicas and hide them around the world.
They bury books and wait for the day they are no longer banned.
28
After the war is over, what do the men and Montag believe their mission to be?
to help people rebuild their homes.
to tell stories and bring people comfort and knowledge.
to teach everyone to read again.
to help people remember mistakes from history, and learn from them again
29
How do the citizens become active participants in the hunt for Montag?
They all open their front doors and look for him running.
They send their Mechanical Hounds after him.
They all call in alarms on his house.
They all form a search party in his neighborhood.
30
Montag turns the flamethrower on Beatty after Beatty
admits that he killed Clarisse.
tries to kill Montag.
tries to arrest Mildred.
threatens to track down Faber.
31
Why does Montag call the people on the parlor walls, Mildred's family?
They are her relatives.
Because Mildred seems closer to them than real people.
He dislikes them like most of us dislike someone in our family.
He wants Mildred to be less lonely when he goes to work.

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