Fahrenheit 451 Midterm
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Montag meets granger and friends. They know each other by another name which is…?
Names of books they’ve memorized
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Who is the author of Fahrenheit 451?
Ray Bradbury
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Faber’s former profession was…
Professor
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Who cries when montag reads from his hidden books?
Mrs. Phelps
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Who was the final person to turn in montag?
Mildred
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Montag hides books at this persons house…
Black
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This person is the leader of the book people….
Granger
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What question does clarisse ask montag that bothers him the MOST?
Are you happy?
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Beatty’s main purpose in the novel is….
Represent an enemy of free thought
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Fabers main purpose in the plot is….
To reassure montag that his ideas on need for change are ok
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What was the destination of the alarm on the night montag returned to work at the firehouse?
Montag’s home
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Where does montag go after he kills beatty?
Faber’s home
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Montag hides the book ____ but it’s found by ___________
under his pillow, mildred
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Throughout part one, bradbury compares books to….
birds
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When montag escapes what does he see on his path to safety?
Railroad tracks
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What literature did montag preserve?
Book of Ecclesiastes
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What is the fireman's symbol?
salamander
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Motag keeps in contact with faber using a ……
green bullet
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People in montag's time lived in pursuit of..
Thrills
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Montag doesn't return to work after….
they burn the old woman
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When montag tells his wife of her near suicide, she…
denies it
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___ are a symbol of danger, lost freedoms, and sources of sorrow.
books
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___ is a symbol of destruction, ignorance, and cleansing from a previous life
fire
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The mechanical hound is a symbol of….
Threat of technology
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The parlor walls symbolize…
mind-numbing technology
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The sand and the sieve symbolize…
events and one’s memory
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___ symbolizes light of truth
Clarisse
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Who said: “All we want to do is keep the knowledge we think we will need intact and safe.”
Granger
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Who said: “My family is real, they talk to me”
Mildred
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Who said: “I’m still crazy. The rain feels good. I love to walk in it… rain even tastes good.
Clarisse
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who said: “Its not the books you need; its some of the things that were once in books.”
Faber
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who said: “Why, we’ve stopped in front of my house”.
Montag
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who said: “Pete said, if i get killed off, you just go right ahead and don’t cry, but get married again”
mrs phelps
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who said: “Well, montag…i’ve read a few books in my time…and books say nothing.”
beatty
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who said: “What a shame…you’re not in love with anyone.”
clarisse
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who said: “We’re book burners too. We read the books and burnt them, afraid they’re found”.
granger
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_____ is a recurring symbol throughout a story.
motif
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This type of character changes throughout a story…
dynamic
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Where did bradbury write fahrenheit 451?
UCLA library basement
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How long did it take for bradbury to write the novel?
9 days
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A ____ society restricts freedoms and freedom of thought, uses propaganda to control citizens, and citizens perceived to be under surveillance
dystopian
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A dystopian protagonist _(does/does not)___ believe the government serves its citizens well
does not
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______ of the book are censorship, technology, and ignorance
themes
