Why did Montag go to see Faber?

To duplicate the book he'd taken before returning his

Why did Montag take whiskey, a suitcase, and some of Faber's dirty clothes with him?

To throw the hound off his scent

What was different about the fire Montag saw after leaving the river?

It was for warmth & comfort, not to destroy things.

What is the significance of the title Fahrenheit 451?

It is the temperature at which paper ignites and burns.

Mildred asks: 'What's more important, me or that Bible?' Why is this statement ironic?

Because of the influence the Bible has had in the world., Because of Montag's feelings for his wife

Why were technicians sent out to treat Mildred rather than a doctor?

Techician-operated machines could handle common overdoses

Why did Montag kill Beatty?

To protect Faber who's on the other end of the transmitter.

Why did Montag burn the book of poetry in the wall incinerator of his home?

Faber said to, to show the ladies he was just joking.

During the manhunt for Montag by the hound, why did the camera zero in on an innocent man?

The firemen needed to look good, so the man was just a pawn.

What did Captain Beatty believe?

Books put upsetting thoughts in people's minds

What does Montag follow to reach the Book People in the country?

The river and the railroad tracks

What does the old lady do when the firemen come to burn her house?

Lights the match and dies with her books

Describe Clarisse McClellan.

young girl who likes to think & talk

Why did Faber decide to go to St. Louis?

To get an unemployed printer's help to make book copies.

According to mythology, what is the salamander's relation to fire?

It can live in fire without getting burned

What happened during the war?

The city and everyone was destroyed

Why does Montag tell Faber that he came to see him?

Because he wants him to teach him to read for understanding.

Which of these is an archetype for rebirth and a washing away of sins?

The river that takes Montag to the intellectuals

What did Montag & the intellectuals believe their mission to be once the war ended? To...

Learn from previous mistakes and always to remembers

What did Montag do after Beatty left?

He showed Mildred the books he'd stolen and hid.

Faber said three things were missing from life. Which is NOT one of the elements?

Reading a variety of texts based on the same subject. .

What plan did Montag and Faber devise? They were going to....

Plant books in firemen's house then call in an alarm.

How did the firemen know which houses had books?

Neighbors & family members became informants & reported them

How were these men preserving literature?

They each memorized a piece to be written down later.

What was Montag willing to do to convince Faber to help carry out the plan? He would....

Destroy the book page by page until Faber cooperate.

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1
Why did Montag go to see Faber?
To duplicate the book he'd taken before returning his
Faber was a family friend who could give him advice.
To translate the books he'd taken
To find others who had books.
2
What animal metaphor is used to describe the stomach pumping machine that saves Mildred?
Beetles
Snake
Wasp
Salamander
3
Why did Montag take whiskey, a suitcase, and some of Faber's dirty clothes with him?
To disguise himself as a drunk to pass through safely
Whiskey for pain, clothes to wear, the case to hold them.
To leave them at a shack to throw them off his path.
To throw the hound off his scent
4
When Montag left Faber's house, which direction did he go?
Back into the city
For the spaceport.
Headed for the river.
Across the state into the mountains
5
What was different about the hobos Montag met?
They were all intellectuals
The were all former firemen
They were clean and well-fed.
They were disfigured from exposure to clean air
6
What is the symbolism of the seashells and parlor walls in F451?
Avoidance and distraction
Death and destruction
Fun and happiness
Knowledge and curiosity
7
What poem does Montag read to Mildred and her friends?
White Cliffs of Dover
Doves Beach
Dover Cliffs
Dover Beach
8
What is the relationship of the phoenix bird to fire?
It lives in it.
It is reborn from the ashes
It hates it.
It loves it.
9
Faber best represents which of the following archetypes?
The Sage
The Innocent
The Warrior
The Martyr
10
What was different about the fire Montag saw after leaving the river?
It was cooler than those lit by firemen.
It was for warmth & comfort, not to destroy things.
It gave off a different scent. No kerosene was used.
It gave off a different color light
11
What is the significance of the title Fahrenheit 451?
It is the temperature at which germanium melts.
It is the maximum temperature of most ovens.
It is the temperature at which paper ignites and burns.
It is the maximum number of the Fahrenheit thermometer
12
Mildred asks: 'What's more important, me or that Bible?' Why is this statement ironic?
Because of the influence the Bible has had in the world.
Because Montag loves the Bible
Because of the way she shrieks while asking it.
Because of Montag's feelings for his wife
13
Who was Faber?
A retired history professor
A teacher Montag met while strolling
A retired English professor
Second in command after Beatty
14
Why were technicians sent out to treat Mildred rather than a doctor?
Doctors only treated important cases.
The patient didn't have enough insurance to pay for a doctor
Techician-operated machines could handle common overdoses
There weren't enough doctors to handle these.
15
Why did Montag kill Beatty?
He was insane because he saw his books burning.
To protect Faber who's on the other end of the transmitter.
To stop firemen from burning more books.
It was an accident and Beatty got in the way.
16
What was the destination of the alarm on the night Montag returned to work?
Faber's home.
A hospital
His own house
The town library
17
Where did Montag go after he killed Beatty?
To Faber's house.
For a long ride in a beetle car.
To Mildred's friend's house.
To the firehouse
18
From what point of view is the story told?
First person point of view
Second person
3rd person limited
3rd person omniscient
19
Why did Montag burn the book of poetry in the wall incinerator of his home?
He loved the pleasure of burning them.
Faber said to, to show the ladies he was just joking.
He was desperate to save his relationship with his wife.
He didn't like poems.
20
During the manhunt for Montag by the hound, why did the camera zero in on an innocent man?
The firemen needed to look good, so the man was just a pawn.
The hound malfunctioned and go the wrong man.
Faber deliberately misled them to throw them off Montag
No one knew what Montag looked like. They got the wrong man.
21
What did Captain Beatty believe?
All people should be masters of their own destinies
Firemen do the most important work in the world.
The world was about to end because of greed & corruption
Books put upsetting thoughts in people's minds
22
How many parlor walls did the Montags have?
2
3
1
4
23
What does Montag follow to reach the Book People in the country?
The river and the railroad tracks
The artery tunnel and the highway
The river and the cowpath
The river and the highway
24
Which of these is NOT a theme of Fahrenheit 451?
None of these choices
Censorship
Dangers of mass media
Individuality vs. conformity
25
In what ways did Clarisse influence Montag?
He begins to question the practices of society
All of the above
He notices the world around him more
He begins to rethink his relationship with Mildred
26
Clarisse told Montag how talking & thinking were once appreciated. How'd others think of her?
She was thought as highly intelligent.
She was tolerated
She was thought to be insane
She was considered antisocial.
27
What does Montag suddenly remember as the city is being destroyed?
Where he and Millie met
Something Beatty told him.
Something Clarisse told him
When he first stole a book
28
What does the old lady do when the firemen come to burn her house?
Flees the house and gets killed by the mechanical hound
Throws her books at the firemen and runs
Secretly gives Montag a book
Lights the match and dies with her books
29
What literature did Montag preserve?
Book of Ecclesiastes
The Constitution of the United States
All of Shakespeare's plays.
War and Peace
30
Describe Clarisse McClellan.
young girl who likes to think & talk
Rigid and law abiding
very social with her friends
Shy and retiring
31
Why did Faber decide to go to St. Louis?
To get away from Montag for a while.
To raise funds for their project.
He needed parts that were only in St. Louis.
To get an unemployed printer's help to make book copies.
32
According to mythology, what is the salamander's relation to fire?
It eats it
It loves being in fire
It can live in fire without getting burned
It rises from the ashes to be reborn
33
Which of the following characters represents the Martyr archetype in Fahrenheit451?
Clarisse
The old lady
Mildred
Montag
34
Montag identified something he saw as a path to safety. What was it?
The North Star
Railroad tracks
The river
Lights from the highway.
35
What happened during the war?
The city and everyone was destroyed
The city was damaged, but not seriously
Both sides called a truce and destroyed books together.
They were victorious and destroyed other cities
36
Why does Montag tell Faber that he came to see him?
Because he thought Faber had some good pills
Because he wants him to teach him to read for understanding.
Montag doesn't know
Because nobody else reads
37
Which of these is an archetype for rebirth and a washing away of sins?
Mildred dying in the bombing of the city.
The river that takes Montag to the intellectuals
The burning of books
The wall incinerator
38
Which relative did Clarisse get most of her information from about the old days?
Her father
Her mother
Her grandmother
Her uncle
39
Which of the following books from the Bible does Faber read to Montag over the ear radio
Revelations
Genesis
Book of Job
Ecclesiastes
40
What did Montag & the intellectuals believe their mission to be once the war ended? To...
Look for survivors and start civilization anew.
Teach everyone how to read
Learn from previous mistakes and always to remembers
Convert any survivors to their way of thinking.
41
What did Montag do after Beatty left?
He disinfected everything the captain touched.
He showed Mildred the books he'd stolen and hid.
He sat and cried.
He took out the books and started reading them. .
42
Faber said three things were missing from life. Which is NOT one of the elements?
Quality & texture of information
Leisure time to think
The right to carry out actions based on the other 2 items.
Reading a variety of texts based on the same subject. .
43
What plan did Montag and Faber devise? They were going to....
Replace the kerosene with nonflammable liquid.
Develop a virus to implant in the mechanical hounds.
Plant books in firemen's house then call in an alarm.
Bury as many books as possible in the garden until later.
44
Who was the final informant on Montag's home?
Faber
Mildred
Beatty
Mrs. Phelps
45
How did the firemen know which houses had books?
They conducted random searches
Books had bar codes that could be read a mile away.
Mechanical hounds sniffed them out
Neighbors & family members became informants & reported them
46
How were these men preserving literature?
They built a secret fireproof library & collected books.
They each memorized a piece to be written down later.
Each carried some books and it ws their duty to protect them
They buried book along the railroad tracks.
47
What was Montag willing to do to convince Faber to help carry out the plan? He would....
Do the 1st 5 operations himself so as not to implicate Faber
Destroy the book page by page until Faber cooperate.
Pay Faber the money Mildred wanted for the 4th parlor wall.
Burn Faber's house down
48
What is the tone of the story?
Melancholy, yet caring
Upbeat and positive
foreboding and menacing
None of these
49
What is fire symbolic of?
Both of these
Neither of these
The flickering of self-awareness and knowledge
Destruction
50
What are the earbuds called?
Ear radios
Earbuds
Seashells
Thimbles
51
Where did Montag hide his books?
In the attic in the air conditioning vent
Behind a false wall in his house.
In the back yard.
In the firehouse
52
What does Montag believe has been done to the Mechanical Hound?
Programmed to act against Montag
Programmed to hunt for cats
programmed to attack people
Programmed to do Beatty's will

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