Seeing the old woman burn herself with her books affects Montag in that:

He starts to wonder about the power of reading books

The legend of the phoenix is about a:

A bird that dies in flames and rises from the ashes

What is the primary reason Beatty lists for books being burned?

They disrupt happiness by making people think

According to Beatty, the "real beauty" of fire is that it:

Cleanly removes all consequences

How does the laborer's version of Pyramus and Thisbe mirror AMND?

A potential tragedy is turned into a farcical comedy

Mildred's relationship with her parlor "family" can be best described as:

A substitute for an emotional relationship to Montag

Montag looks forward to speaking with Clarisse on his way home because:

She helps him think about his world in a different way

Montag's last act before fleeing into the river is:

Stopping at Faber's, Saying goodbye to Mildred

In Shakespeare's time, which statement is NOT true of theater attendance?

Only members of the upper class could attend a play

The primary difference between Granger's grandfather's hands and Mildred's is:

They were active hands who helped others

Montag, Granger, and the rest head towards the ruined city:

To rebuild and help those left to remember

When Beatty states, "a book is a loaded gun next door", he means:

If one reads, they might start asking questions about society

To which important and recurring theme does Puck's closing monologue connect most closely?

The Blurring of Dreams and Reality

Which of the following is a conflict that Professor Faber is a part of?

Montag's desire to break the law and read books, Beatty's suspicion of Montag

Atomic war in the author's day was considered survivable because:

People did not understand the long term effects of radiation in the 50s

Captain Beatty- "What traitors books can be! You think they're backing you up, and they turn on you." What does he mean?

Books can give their reader foolish courage

Montag rescues some of his books before fleeing:

To plant in other firemen's houses to get them in trouble

What does Montag believe happens to Faber:

He is on a bus between two cities

The significance of Fahrenheit 451 is:

The temperature at which books burn

Which of the following statements BEST describes Nick Bottom?

He is conceited about his apparent talent and yet is very unskilled.

According to Beatty, why are Clarisse and her family considered to be criminals?

They do not behave like everyone else

Where does the play take place?

Athens and the forest outside Athens

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1
Seeing the old woman burn herself with her books affects Montag in that:
He never wants to see another match again
He refuses to take another books from a house
He starts to wonder about the power of reading books
None of the above
2
Changes in response to the actions in which he or she faces
Dynamic character
Flat character
3
Fahrenheit 451 is in the genre of:
Horror
Mystery
Fantasy
Science Fiction
4
Known for never failing
Mechanical Hound
Beatty
5
Describes the pattern of end rhymes in a poem.
End rhyme
Rhyme scheme
6
The legend of the phoenix is about a:
A lizard whose gaze turns people to stone
A max with wax wings who flies too close to the sun
City in the middle of the desert
A bird that dies in flames and rises from the ashes
7
What is the primary reason Beatty lists for books being burned?
Minorities were writing too many books
There was no more paper to print books on
None of the above
They disrupt happiness by making people think
8
Changes little
Static character
Flat character
9
According to Beatty, the "real beauty" of fire is that it:
Red and Yellow
Is everlasting
Can be put out
Cleanly removes all consequences
10
Rhymes that occur within a line, or in the middle of lines that are near each other
End rhyme
Internal rhyme
11
How does the laborer's version of Pyramus and Thisbe mirror AMND?
A mischievous fairy erroneously anoints the wrong person with love potion
A potential tragedy is turned into a farcical comedy
Fairies interfere in human lives, causing chaos and confusion
Vengeful individuals try to kill each other
12
Mildred's relationship with her parlor "family" can be best described as:
A replacement to her family who has been killed
A passing fancy. She will soon be interested in something else
A substitute for an emotional relationship to Montag
An obsession she cannot control
13
Montag looks forward to speaking with Clarisse on his way home because:
She helps him think about his world in a different way
Red and Yellow
She smells like a dandelion
He gets lonely on his walk home
14
Comparison between two unlike objects
Metaphor
Similie
15
Montag's last act before fleeing into the river is:
Stopping at Faber's
Saying goodbye to Mildred
Drinking a potion to throw off the Mechanical Hound's scent
All of the above
16
Montag is disturbed looking back on his murder of Beatty because he realizes that:
Red and Blue
It took a lot of flame to kill Beatty
The other firemen watched him do it
Beatty wanted to die
17
The two ways of escaping Faber suggests to Montag are:
Blue and Yellow
River and railroad tracks
Beetle and boat
Subway and jet
18
In Shakespeare's time, which statement is NOT true of theater attendance?
Almost anyone could attend
People paid very little to attend
Only members of the upper class could attend a play
People often returned to see the play multiple times.
19
The primary difference between Granger's grandfather's hands and Mildred's is:
They were active hands who helped others
He used to write books and not simply push buttons
All of the above
He used to smoke cigars instead of cigarettes
20
Montag, Granger, and the rest head towards the ruined city:
Because they are drawn to the fire
To rebuild and help those left to remember
To sift through it in search of books
Yellow and Blue
21
Ending syllables of a line rhyme
End rhyme
Rhyme scheme
22
The primary goal for people's lives in this futuristic America is:
TV parlors and sleeping pills
Red and Yellow
Happiness and peace
A Beetle car and Mechanical Hound
23
When Beatty states, "a book is a loaded gun next door", he means:
Books can lead to someone getting physically hurt
If one reads, they might start asking questions about society
They are a good place to hide weapons
They can tell a person where to find a gun
24
When the cities are bombed, Montag feels most sad about losing:
Faber
Mildred
His parents
None of the above
25
Floats down the river
Clarisse
Montag
26
To which important and recurring theme does Puck's closing monologue connect most closely?
The Blurring of Dreams and Reality
The Laborer's Play
The Balance of Chaos and Order
The Complexity of Love
27
Central character of a drama, novel, short story, or narrative poem
Antagonist
Protagonist
28
The adversary or character against the main character
Protagonist
Antagonist
29
What characteristic is peculiar to drama as a literary form?
It is written using many literary devices
It is written with many characters
It is written to be performed
It is divided into acts and scenes
30
Which of the following is a conflict that Professor Faber is a part of?
Red and Blue
Montag's desire to break the law and read books
Beatty's suspicion of Montag
Mildred and her friends' love of the TV parlors
31
The narrator's knowledge is only about one character
Limited POV
POV
32
The perspective from which a story is told
Omniscient
POV
33
Means nothing more than the sound it makes. ex. boom, bang, slap
Assonance
Onomatopoeia
34
Which of the following is NOT true at the BEGINNING of the play?
Helena loves Lysander
Hermia loves Lysander
Lysander loves Hermia
Helena loves Demetrius
35
A free spirit who meets Montag on his way home from work
Clarisse
Mildred
36
Atomic war in the author's day was considered survivable because:
The bombs were not as powerful as the nuclear weapons of today
People in the 50s believed you were safe out in the country away from city
All of the above
People did not understand the long term effects of radiation in the 50s
37
Captain Beatty- "What traitors books can be! You think they're backing you up, and they turn on you." What does he mean?
Books have no sense of loyalty to their original owners
All of the above
Books can give their reader foolish courage
For every point in books, there's a line out there that states the opposite
38
Even though Mildred is his wife, Montag's relationship with her could be described as:
Hostile and violent
None of the above
Loving and close
Emotionally distant
39
Repetition of initial consonant sounds of words in a row
Consonance
Alliteration
40
Montag rescues some of his books before fleeing:
To read as he escapes the city
To plant in other firemen's houses to get them in trouble
None of the above
To take the evidence of his crime with him
41
What does Montag believe happens to Faber:
He has gone to find Clarisse
He will meet him in the forest
He dies in the city
He is on a bus between two cities
42
The author of Fahrenheit 451 is:
None of the above
Ray Bradbury
George Orwell
Isaac Asimov
43
Who does Oberon ask Puck to anoint with the flowers? Who does he actually anoint.
Demetrius; Lysander
Egeus; Theseus
Lysander; Demetrius
Theseus; Egeus
44
Montag's opinion of fire changes to:
He hates it
He finds it beautiful
He finds it helpful and useful
He still desires to burn things with it
45
The significance of Fahrenheit 451 is:
The temperature at which books burn
None of the above
The temperature of a Hydrogen Bomb
The temperature of the air outside the cities
46
Repetition of internal or ending consonant sounds of words close together in poetry
Alliteration
Consonance
47
Faber gives Montag _______________ to help him before he confronts Beatty.
None of the above
A copy of the Bible
A two-way radio earpiece
A drink
48
Which of the following statements BEST describes Nick Bottom?
He is humble about his skills, but is an incredible actor.
He hopes that acting in the play will improve his terrible acting skills.
He knows that he is a poor actor, but is forced to act by his friends.
He is conceited about his apparent talent and yet is very unskilled.
49
Jets fly overhead periodically in the story because:
Russia has taken over Amrica
None of the above
America is on the brink of war
The authorities patrol the cities in them
50
According to Beatty, why are Clarisse and her family considered to be criminals?
They keep their lights on past curfew
They do not behave like everyone else
They try to convert people into readers
Red and Yellow
51
Where does the play take place?
In an Elizabethan Forest
Rome and Athens
Athens and the forest outside Athens
In Rome and the forest outside Rome
52
Montag is upset when Clarisse rubs the dandelion under his chin and nothing rubs off because:
He really loves the color yellow
None of the above
It shows he doesn't love Mildred even though he thinks he does
Too many fires have made his skin impenetrable
53
A reference to another literary work, history, society, etc., that the reader is expected to understand
Allusion
Metaphor
54
The operators who pump out Mildred's stomach do their job without much feeling because:
They would rather be smoking
Doctors are no longer needed
Suicide is a commonplace occurrence
They've been in her position and know what to expect
55
When they arrive at Montag's house, Beatty makes Montag:
None of the above
Set fire to his own house
Read poetry aloud to him
Arrest Mildred
56
The event that led to Montag being caught with books at his house was:
A meeting with Faber in the park
Reading poetry aloud to Mildred and her friends
Blue and Yellow
Teasing the Mechanical Hound with a Bible
57
Who are the two characters in Act I who can decide Hermia's fate?
Her father and King Oberon
Egeus and Nick Bottom
Her father and Theseus, duke of Athens
Her father and Peter Quince
58
Has a fully rounded personality
Round character
Static character
59
Means using human qualities or actions to describe an object or an animal
Personification
Alliteration
60
Granger and the others have taken to memorizing books because:
They (the books) were too much trouble to carry
They have nothing better to do
None of the above
They forgot how to read
61
Only has a single important trait or part of their personality
Static character
Flat character
62
The Book People at the end of the story:
Memorized one book each for the future
Wrote new books for society
Held book discussions of all the old classics
Saved old books in underground libraries
63
Montag reads from _______________ on the subway on the way to Faber's house.
The Bible
All of the above
William Shakespeare
A books of poetry
64
When the narrator knows everything about everyone and sees everything
Limited POV
Omniscient
65
Once Montag is with Granger and the others in the forest, fire takes on a new meaning for him. Fire now means:
Nuclear war
Blue and Yellow
Warmth and life
Remembering his life as a fireman
66
Well-read boss of Montag
Granger
Beatty
67
Comparison between two unlike objects using the words "like" or "as"
Metaphor
Similie
68
Plants books at Fireman Black's house
Beatty
Montag
69
Bottom speaks in a "monstrous little voice". What literary device is this an example of?
Oxymoron
Malapropism
Paradox
Similie
70
A very large exaggeration and is often used for emphasis
Hyperbole
Consonance
71
The author wrote most of this novel:
In his garage
None of the above
At work
On a "dime a half-hour" rented typewriter
72
What does Montag say just before he burns Beatty?
None of the above
You'll never tell me how to think again
You can't burn everything
We never burned right
73
Beatty treats Montag when he returns to work after his "fever" with:
Extreme anger he was even sick
None of the above
Kindness that he has come to his senses
A sly hostility
74
Continuing from the previous question, Montag calls Faber after what has happened?
Montag has purchased a new phone
Faber reads the Bible aloud on the subway
Montag has brought out his hidden books
All of the above
75
Montag murders Beatty because:
The Mechanical Hound is under Beatty's control
Red and Blue
Montag realizes that the firemen have not been burning "right"
Beatty threatens to burn Montag
76
What is conflict?
the inciting incident of the story
the ending of a story
77
The Mechanical Hound executes an innocent man instead of Montag:
Because the man has the same scent pattern as Montag
The Hound malfunctioned
Red and Yellow
To satisfy the viewing audience
78
Which of these statements from AMND is NOT an example of paradox?
Helena's love for Demetrius makes him hate her.
Pyramus and Thisbe, a tragedy, is comical when performed by the laborers.
Pyramus and Thisbe, where the lovers die, is performed at a wedding.
Puck finds the lives of the humans to be silly.
79
Repetition of initial vowel sounds of words close together in poetry
Assonance
Onomonopeia
80
Montag reveals to Mildred at the end of the first part of the books that:
The Mechanical Hound is on him
He's quit being a fireman
He's been hiding books behind the ventilator
81
What does Oberon want from Titania, causing the dispute between the two?
Control of Puck
The changeling boy Titania has taken in
Peaseblossom and Mustard Seed
None of the above
82
Beatty thinks Montag is "sick" because:
Both Blue and Yellow
He has secretly taken a book and feels guilty
He ate some of the Mechanical Hound's food
He witnessed the old lady being burned to death
83
Who are the king and queen of the fairies?
Oberon and Hippolyta
Oberon and Titania
Theseus and Titania
Puck and Hippolyta
84
What does the love potion's effect best symbolize?
The volatile nature of love
Oberon's meddling nature
The power of Puck
The triumph of chaos over order
85
Visits Montag at home when he is "ill"
Mildred
Beatty
86
The old woman makes Montag question his job because she:
Is not afraid of the Mechanical Hound
Red and Blue
Lights herself on fire with her house and books
Stares at him when he arrives
87
What are the two types of conflict?
Problematic and silly
Internal and external
88
Calls in the alarm on Montag and his books
Clarisse
Mildred
89
The narrator is a character in the story
1st person POV
POV
90
Words that have similar sounds, usually vowel sounds (ex. pillow/inferno)
Internal rhyme
Near rhyme
91
Welcomes Montag into the forest
Mechanical Hound
Granger
92
What does Puck tell the audience at the end of the play?
This has all been just a dream
No one should trust love.
He regrets pulling so many pranks on others
He will write another play
93
The effect on Montag when Mildred takes an overdose of sleeping pills is:
He starts to realize how little he understands Mildred anymore
All of the above
He wants to start taking sleeping pills himself
He refuses to fall asleep for days
94
What reason BEST summarizes Oberon's motivations for causing Titania to fall in love with Bottom?
He is angry at her and wishes to humiliate her
He wishes to put her in a position where she will give him the Indian boy.
He enjoys creating chaos and confusion through magic.
He wishes to distract her while he takes the changeling boy.
95
What do Hermia and Lysander do to avoid Egeus' command?
They run off to the forest
Herma tells Egeus to meet her in the forest
Hermia takes aa magic potion to make her love Demetrius
Hermia tells Helena to meet her in the forest
96
Why is Helena displeased when Demetrius, with whom Helena is desperately in love declares his love for her in Act 3, S2?
She believes that he and Lysander are mocking her
She understands that he has been tricked with a potion
She does not want to betray her friend, Hermia, who is engaged to Demetrius
She has realized that she loves Lysander instead
97
Shakespeare worked for several years in which capacity?
As a playwright for the English royalty
As a laborer making stage sets
As a playwright and actor in The Lord Chamberlain's Men
As an actor in the Globe Theater
98
These two animals/symbols are on the firemen's uniforms
Spider and dog
Dog and donkey
Eagle and snake
Salamander and phoenix
99
Leaves for St. Louis to find an old book press operator
Montag
Professor Faber
100
City mentor for Montag; an old English professor
Beatty
Professor Faber
101
The Mechanical Hound sticks Montag in the:
Heart
Hip
Knee
Chest
102
Mildred's favourite thing to do is:
Make fun of Montag
Watch the TV parlor
Red and Blue
Talk on the phone
103
Montag holds onto Faber's phone number after their first meeting. Faber gives Montag his number in case:
None of the above
He ever wants to talk about St. Louis
He wants to revisit Faber's old college
Montag decides to be "angry" with him
104
Which of the following is NOT a difference between the fire station and Faber's house?
Montag looks forward to being at both places
All of the above
The fire station makes Montag uneasy
Montag feels comfortable at Faber's house

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