F451

Granger

Guess who:

Transient author; leader of the "book people"####Mildred

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Montag's wife####Black

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Montag plants books in his house####Beatty

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Captain of the fire department####Montag

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Fireman who abandons his profession####Clarisse

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Montag's neighbor who is aware of the past####Faber

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Former English professor####Clara Phelps

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Cries at Montag's reading####Mildred

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Reports that Montag has books####Beatty

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Killed with a flamethrower####T

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Before meeting Clarisse, Montag enjoyed being a fireman####T

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The people of Montag's time are unconcerned about war####F

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Mildre knows that she is unhappy####F

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Faber believes the solution to the world's problems is only found in books####F

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Clarisse is jailed by the authorities for her beliefs####T

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Montag's father and grandfather were firemen####T

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Montag said that Benjamin Franklin was the first fireman####T

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Fire in the novel has both a destructive and constructive force to it.####F

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The rules of the society encourage tolerance for the individual differences####T

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Censorship, fear of unhappiness, threat of fire, and constant amusement were used to submit the people for the control of the government####D

"Antisocial" in the society of Fahrenheit 451 means:

a. Doing what is expected by society

b. Acting without harm to society

c. Staying apart from other people because of constant amusement

d. Acting in pursuit of individuality and holding discussions with people####D

Mildred and her friends help to point out the theme:

a. Where there is no questioning of "rules", life becomes a series of marionette-like movements.

b. They who draw the deepest meaning from life suffer most

c. People are better off when they do not question

d. All of the above####C

The major question Clarisse asked Montag was:

a. "Does your wife know you are here?"

b. "Why do you have no children?"

c. "Are you happy?"

d. "Why did you become a fireman?"####B

Faber said the three things missing from life were:

a. sincerity, dedication, and hope

b. quality information, leisure, and the right to act

c. true education, patriotism, and personal profit

d. concern for others, slow pace, and books####D

The meaning of the quotation: "We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out..." spoken by the old woman, as she and her house were burned, was:

a. Everyone must die, so why not now?

b. Worse injustices have been suffered by other people throughout history.

c. Some deaths are necessary to spark action for the sake of freethinking.

d. It is better to perish with the things you treasure than to live on without them.####D

Ray Bradbury used science fiction in this novel mainly to:

a. Provide the reader with an escape from real life

b. Criticize people who hate books and intellectuals

c. Predict scientific gadgets that will be invented in the future

d. Caution today's people about where their faults could lead####A

Clarisse's main purpose in the plot is:

a. To cause Montag to question the values of society

b. To cause Montag to stop loving Mildred

c. To commit suicide for her beliefs

d. To represent the cycle of events societies follow####C

Beatty's main purpose in the novel is:

a. To explain how fireman came about

b. To harass Montag

c. To represent an enemy of free thought

d. To keep Montag from reading books####C

Faber's main purpose in the plot is:

a. To suggest to Montag he kill Beatty

b. To give Montag a new model to imitate

c. To reassure Montag that his ideas on the need for change are correct

d. To prevent the destruction of the Bible####B

The promise at the end of the novel is:

a. That the Phoenix will arise from its ashes

b. Man will rise again, look at himself, bury war, and heal nations

c. The book-people will succeed at convincing survivors of their foolishness

d. Montag will turn the use of fire from destruction to construction in a new fire department####B

The fireman's symbol is

a. a coiled horse

b. a salamander

c. an eagle

d. a snake####C

Montag keeps in contact with Faber by means of

a. the family

b. a seashell

c. a green bullet

d. none of these####D

Literature is being preserved

a. by television

b. in libraries

c. by the church

d. in scholars' minds####C

When Montag tells his wife about her near suicide, she

a. laughs

b. becomes scared

c. doesn't believe him

d. throws her pills away####B

Montag's wife learns to lip read because

a. she is deaf

b. she usually has seashells in her ears

c. the government requires it d. none of these####C

Montag's contribution to Granger's group is

a. a copy of the Bible

b. Gulliver's Travels

c. part of Ecclesiastes

d. nothing####A

The people of Montag's time lived for the pursuit of

a. thrills

b. knowledge

c. war

d. improving mankind####D

Faber considers himself a

a. pioneer

b. hero

c. religious man

d. coward####B

Montag doesn't want to return to work

a. after his wife nearly dies b. after they burn the old woman

c. when he hides the books d. none of these####B

The forces that help Montag recognize his dilemma include all but one of the following:

a. the old woman's death b. the mechanical hound

c. Clarisse's questions d. the contrast between Clarisse and Mildred####D

Books

a. danger

b. sources of sorrow

c. lost freedoms

d. all of the above####D

Fire