What did the old woman do?

She lit a hidden match and committed suicide.

What are the parlor walls?

They were walls surrounded by television screens.

What does Captain Beatty believe?

Books put upsetting thoughts in peoples' minds.

What does Guy Montag's job entail?

He is a fireman who burns books.

What makes Montag cry?

The fact that he wouldn't cry if Mildred died.

What comes between Montag and Mildred?

Mildred's obsession with the parlor walls.

Which is not a characteristic that Clarisse uses to describe her peers' behavior?

They are always asking questions.

Why did the Emergency Hospital send technicians instead of a doctor to treat Mildred?

The kind of medical procedure was very common

Which is NOT a quality/characteristic of the Mechanical Hound?

It is programmed to protect all firemen.

The firemen wanted to provide as much of a show as possible. How did they do this?

They had the fires at night, so it was more of a spectacle.

Which is the best description of Clarisse McClellan?

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

According to Clarisse, what do people talk about?

They don't talk about anything.

What allusion does the old lady make when the firemen first enter her home?

She alludes to Latimer and Ridley who were burned alive.

What did Montag believe had been done to the Mechanical Hound?

It had been programmed to act against Montag.

Where does Montag hide the stolen book?

He hides the book behind a pillow.

What was Montag afraid would happen when Captain Beatty came to visit?

He was afraid the Captian would find the book he had stolen.

What happened to Mildred in her first introduction to the novel.

She overdosed on sleeping pills.

What happens to people who break the law?

They are sent to the insane asylum.

How do the firemen know which houses had books?

Neighbors, family member, & friends telephoned authorities.

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Fahrenheit 451: The Hearth and the Salamander Quiz Review

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1
What did the old woman do?
She dressed in black, knelt before the fire, and prayed.
She danced and threw more books on the blaze.
She lit a hidden match and committed suicide.
She locked herself in her apartment and refused to watch.
2
What fills the minds of people?
Knowledge
Paranoia
Non-combustible data/'facts'
Thoughts of jealousy
3
Who is Clarisse McClellan?
She is Montag's neighbor.
She is Montag's niece.
She is Montag's sister.
She is Montag's mistress.
4
What are all firemen allowed to keep for 24 hours?
a book
a Mechanical Hound
a film strip of real history
a deck of cards
5
What does Montag pull out of the air conditioning system?
books
information on criminals
money
love letters
6
What are the parlor walls?
They were surveillance walls.
They were propaganda murals.
They were barricades.
They were walls surrounded by television screens.
7
Montag's job of being a fireman who starts fires is an example of what literary element?
irony
characterization
allusion
conflict
8
What did Montag do in the old lady's home?
He ran away in fear.
He destroyed all of her old family pictures.
He sat and cried.
He took a book.
9
What does Captain Beatty believe?
The world was about to end.
Firemen should be the highest paid workers.
Books put upsetting thoughts in peoples' minds.
All people should be masters of their own destinies.
10
What does Guy Montag's job entail?
He works for the Ministry of War.
He maintains the peace in society.
He maintains information files for the city.
He is a fireman who burns books.
11
What makes Montag cry?
Thinking about Clarisse.
Thinking about his mother.
The fact that he wouldn't cry if Mildred died.
Memories of his father.
12
When Mildred wakes up the following day, what does she believe is wrong with her?
She believes she has the stomach flu.
She believes she took too many sleeping pills.
She thinks she's pregnant.
She thinks she's hungover.
13
Who allowed the change to happen in society?
The firemen
The children
The people
The government
14
What does Montag ask Mildred?
"Are you drunk?"
"Are you happy?"
"What did you do with your sleeping pills?"
"When did we meet? And where?"
15
Where did Clarisse get most of her information about the way life used to be?
Her uncle told her.
She secretly read her grandmother's diaries.
She learned it in history class.
She watched old videos.
16
What did the technicians put in Mildred?
an antidote
new blood
food
new memories
17
How does Mildred react to Montag’s exposing his secret stash of books?
She feels angry and scared.
She feels nothing because she plans to leave him anyway.
She loves him even more for his rebellious.
She feels proud of him.
18
What comes between Montag and Mildred?
Mildred's alcoholism.
Mildred's shopping addiction.
Mildred's addiction to sleeping pills.
Mildred's obsession with the parlor walls.
19
Which is not a characteristic that Clarisse uses to describe her peers' behavior?
They are destructive at the Car Wrecker place.
They bully each other at the Fun Park.
They are always asking questions.
They drive recklessly an play 'chicken' and 'knock hub-caps'
20
"Well, this fire'll last me the rest of my life. God! I've been trying to put it out."
External conflict
Allusion
Internal conflict
Flashback
21
What does Montag believe is outside his window.
The Mechanical Hound
The Salamander
A box of books
A Phoenix car
22
What is NOT a realization that Montag comes to regarding books?
There must be something in books
A man was behind every book.
A man spent a lifetime to put his thoughts down.
Books make people go insane.
23
Why did the Emergency Hospital send technicians instead of a doctor to treat Mildred?
Doctor's don't exist in this society.
Mildred didn't have enough insurance coverage for an M.D.
All the doctors were helping other patients.
The kind of medical procedure was very common
24
Which is NOT a quality/characteristic of the Mechanical Hound?
It is programmed to protect all firemen.
It has eight legs.
It has a steel-needle coming out of its nose.
It is programmed to hunt and kill.
25
"...thinking of the ventilator grill in the hall at home and what lay hidden behind the grill."
conflict
foreshadowing
allusion
flashback
26
Clarisse asked Montag a question at the end of their first meeting. What was the question?
"Are you happy?"
"Have you ever read any of the books you burned?"
"Why don't you have children?"
"Are you in love?"
27
What does Montag ask Mildred to do?
leave him alone
read the hidden books with him
run away with him
give him a sleeping pill
28
What does Montag realize about firemen?
They are all single.
They all look the same.
They all have the same laugh.
They are all married.
29
The firemen wanted to provide as much of a show as possible. How did they do this?
They made watching mandatory for everyone over age twelve.
They advertised by having volunteers spread the word.
They had a famous person start the blaze.
They had the fires at night, so it was more of a spectacle.
30
Which is the best description of Clarisse McClellan?
She is extremely rigid and law-abiding.
She is a flirt whose only concern is getting men to like her
She is shy and quiet.
She is a young girl who likes to think and talk.
31
According to Clarisse, what do people talk about?
They talk about movies.
They don't talk about anything.
They talk about current events.
They gossip about people.
32
What allusion does the old lady make when the firemen first enter her home?
She alludes to Latimer and Ridley who were burned alive.
She alludes to the biblical Tower of Bable.
She alludes to Dante's Inferno.
She alludes to Benjamin Franklin as the first fireman.
33
What did Montag believe had been done to the Mechanical Hound?
It had been programmed to follow all commands.
It had been programmed to attack the elderly.
It had been programmed to act against Montag.
It had been programmed to beg for food.
34
"Play the man, Master Ridley; we shall this day light such a candle..." (Bradbury 33).
symbolism
allusion
conflict
foreshadowing
35
What did Montag hear Mildred do in the bathroom?
He heard her pooping.
He heard her crying.
He heard her throw up.
He heard her take pills.
36
What makes Montag vomit?
Sleeping pills
The smell of alcohol
The smell of kerosene
Mildred's cooking
37
Why has Montag's routine been disturbed?
He's being followed by the Mechanical Hound.
Mildred is pregnant.
He lost his job.
Clarrise has disappeared.
38
Where does Montag hide the stolen book?
He hides the book in the ventilator.
He hides the book in a bush.
He hides the book in the parlor wall.
He hides the book behind a pillow.
39
Who is Mildred?
She is Montag's wife.
She is a receptionist at the fire station.
She is Clarisse's mother.
She is a school teacher.
40
What was Montag afraid would happen when Captain Beatty came to visit?
He was afraid the Captian would find the book he had stolen.
He was afraid the Captain would stay for a long time.
He was afraid the Captain would eat all his food rations.
He was afraid the Captain would see how well he was living.
41
What happened to Mildred in her first introduction to the novel.
She was walking down the street.
She overdosed on sleeping pills.
She contracted a fatal disease.
She was caught reading a book.
42
"One time, as a child, in a power failure, his mother had found and lit a last candle..."
foreshadowing
allusion
conflict
flashback
43
What happens to people who break the law?
They are executed.
They are locked up without a trial.
They are sent to the insane asylum.
They are given a fair trial.
44
What happened to Clarisse?
She was hypnotized and forced to change her thinking.
She escaped to the wilderness to join the rebel forces.
She was attacked by a pack of Mechanical Hounds.
She was hit by a car.
45
According to Captain Beatty, what must all people be?
All people must be made in Big Brother's image.
All people must be made unique.
All people must be made equal.
All people must be made to worship Big Brother.
46
What is the cause of Montag's illness?
Sleeping pills
Anger
Alcohol
Guilt
47
Who is Captian Beatty?
He is Montag's boss at work.
He is Clarisse's uncle.
He is the mayor.
He is a retired naval officer. He tells old sea stories.
48
Who is Guy Montag?
He is a police officer.
He is a librarian.
He is a doctor.
He is a fireman.
49
How do the firemen know which houses had books?
The Mechanical Hounds could sniff them out.
Neighbors, family member, & friends telephoned authorities.
They conducted random searches.
The books had tracking devices.

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