He was a retired English professor.

What did Montag do after the captain had left the house?

He showed Mildred the books he had been hiding.

Why did the Emergency Hospital send a technician instead of a doctor to treat the patient?

That kind of medical procedure was so common

Why did Montag kill Captain Beatty?

Beatty was aware Montag was wearing a radio transmitter

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

It was giving warmth and comfort, not destroying things.

Why didn't Montag run away before he killed Captain Beatty?

He knew that the mechanical hound was in theneighborhood

What happened to Mildred?

She took an overdose of sleeping pills

How were these men preserving literature?

They had built a secret fireproof libraryunderground, Each man had memorized a piece of literature

What did the old woman do?

She lit the match and then committed suicide.

Describe Clarisse McClellan

She is a young girl who likes to think and talk.

How was Clarisse viewed by others?

She was considered anti-social.

During the manhunt for Montag, why did the camera identify an innocent man as Montag?

The firemen needed put a neat ending on the day's work.

What plan did Montag and Faber devise?

They were going to plant books in firemen'shouses

What did Captain Beatty believe?

that books put upsetting thoughts in people's minds

What did Montag and the intellectuals believe their mission to be once the war was ended?

They wanted to learn from previous mistakes

Why did Montag go to see Faber?

He needed a duplicate copy of the stolen book

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1
What does the Hearth and Salamander represent?
Montag's Life
Mildred
Clarrisse
Faber
2
Who was Faber?
He was second in command after Beatty.
He was Montag's brother-in-law
He was the chief physician at Emergency Hospital.
He was a retired English professor.
3
What did Montag do after the captain had left the house?
He sat and cried.
He went out for a long walk.
He showed Mildred the books he had been hiding.
He disinfected everything the captain had touched.
4
Why did the Emergency Hospital send a technician instead of a doctor to treat the patient?
Doctors only treated men.
There weren't enough doctors
The patient didn't have enough insurance
That kind of medical procedure was so common
5
Why did Montag kill Captain Beatty?
Beatty was aware Montag was wearing a radio transmitter
It was an accident
Montag was insane because he saw his books burning.
He wanted to stop the firemen from burning more books.
6
According to Mildred, what happened to Clarise?
She was sent to the Center for Regressive Tendencies
She was attacked by a pack of mechanical hounds.
She was hit by a car.
The family had to run away
7
The person who causes Montag to reexamine his life and beliefs
Clarisse
Midred
Beatty
Faber
8
What does Burning Bright represent?
Montag's past
The future
The nuclear war
The hobo community
9
What was different about the fire Montag saw after leaving the river?
it was fueled by natural wood instead of chemicals.
It was considerably cooler
It was only giving off low flames.
It was giving warmth and comfort, not destroying things.
10
Why didn't Montag run away before he killed Captain Beatty?
He wanted to stay and watch his house burn
He wanted to make sure Mildred was safe.
He knew that the mechanical hound was in theneighborhood
Faber told him to stay where he was.
11
What happened to Mildred?
She contracted a fatal, contagious disease
She had just been promoted to a position of power
She was captured and sent to a prison camp.
She took an overdose of sleeping pills
12
What literature did Montag preserve?
Ecclesiastes
Shakespeare's plays.
Constitution of the United States.
War and Peace.
13
How were these men preserving literature?
They had built a secret fireproof libraryunderground
They were burying books in holes along therailroad tracks
Each carried a backpack full of books.
Each man had memorized a piece of literature
14
What did the old woman do?
She danced and threw more books on the blaze.
Shedressed in black, knelt before the fire, and prayed
She locked herself in her apartment and refused to watch.
She lit the match and then committed suicide.
15
Describe Clarisse McClellan
She is shy and slightly handicapped.
c.abiding.
She is a young girl who likes to think and talk.
She's a flirt whose concern is getting men to like her
16
Theme? "It had eight legs and a probiscus"
change
conformity
technology
loneliness
17
Where did Clarisse get most of her information about the way life used to be?
From Montag
Her uncle told her.
She watched old videos.
She learned it in history class.
18
What does the sieve and the sand represent?
books and paper
knowledge and the mind
Montag and Mildred
burning and quenching
19
The suppression of something
Sieve
Alienation
School
Censorship
20
"He felt his head turn like a stone carving"
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Imagery
21
Theme? "It was a pleasure to burn"
alienation
censorship
conformity
technology
22
Who was the final informant on Montag's home?
Faber.
Mrs. Phelps.
Beatty.
Mildred.
23
Where did Montag go after he killed Beatty?
He went for a long, fast ride in his beetle.
to Mildred's friend's house.
to Faber's house.
firehouse.
24
How was Clarisse viewed by others?
She was considered anti-social.
She was tolerated with amusement.
She was revered as a holy one.
She was thought to be insane.
25
What was different about the hobos Montag Met?
They were all intellectuals.
They were all former firemen.
They were all disfigured
They were clean and well-fed.
26
During the manhunt for Montag, why did the camera identify an innocent man as Montag?
The firemen needed put a neat ending on the day's work.
Faber misled them to get them off of Montag's trail.
The computer that was tracking himmalfunctioned
Nobody really knew what he looked like
27
What smelled like perfume to Montag?
the cooking fumes from the restaurant.
kerosene.
printers ink on the books.
the smoke from the fireplace.
28
Faber felt that three elements were missing from life. Which of these was NOTone of them?
The right to carry out actions based on the two items
Quality and texture of information
Leisure time to think
Learning to read
29
What plan did Montag and Faber devise?
To replace the kerosene with a non-flammable liquid.
Montag would escape and never return
They were going to develop a virus
They were going to plant books in firemen'shouses
30
Theme? "Can you see?"
Conformity
Change and transformation
Technology
Alienation and loneliness
31
The symbol on the helmet that can live in fire
Geiko
Salamander
451
Phoenix
32
“Why waste your final hours racing about your cage denying you’re a squirrel.”
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
33
Theme? "Nobody does anything different"
censorship
Change
Conformity
Technology
34
Fire chief
Montag
Mildred
Beatty
Faber
35
What did Montag do in the old lady's attic?
He destroyed all of her old family pictures.
He took a book.
He sat and cried.
He went to find Clarisse
36
What did Captain Beatty believe?
that people should be masters of their destiny
that the world was about to end
that firemen should be thehighest paid
that books put upsetting thoughts in people's minds
37
Leader of the hobo intellectuals
Clarisse
Beatty
Granger
Faber
38
What was Montag afraid would happen when the Captain came to visit?
Convince him to give up reading
Eat all of his food
reduce his pay
Find the stolen book
39
Who is Mildred?
a doctor at Emergency Hospital.
Montag's wife.
Clarisse's mother.
a writer who has gone underground.
40
Theme? "Mildred was an expert at lip reading with her seashell ear thimbles in"
alienation and loneliness
censorship
reliance on others
change and transformation
41
What did Montag and the intellectuals believe their mission to be once the war was ended?
They wanted to learn from previous mistakes
They wanted to teach everyone how to read.
They wanted to convert survivors to their way of thinking
They wanted to pursue and kill any remainingfiremen
42
Why did Montag go to see Faber?
Faber had been a friend of Montag's wife
He wanted Faber to translate the books
He wanted to get information about others who had books
He needed a duplicate copy of the stolen book
43
13. "The emptiness made an even emptier whistle, a senseless scream."
Simile
Imagery
Metaphor
Personification

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