Fahrenheit 451 Midterm

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Montag meets granger and friends. They know each other by another name which is…?

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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

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