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Why does Mildred get upset with Montag when he keeps talking about Clarisse and what made her unique?

Because Mildred refuses to talk about someone who is dead

Why does Mildred wishes she could watch her parlor family instead of reading?

The tv shows are filled with color and it makes her laugh

What is Mildred scared about with Beatty?

She is scared that he will find out about all the books and he will burn the house and her "family"

What does Montag feel books can do?

He thinks they will be able to stop people from making the same mistakes

Why does Montag want a teacher?

Because he doesn't understand what he is reading

Who did Montag meet in a park around a year ago?

Faber

What did Faber do?

He was an English professor

What college did Faber work for?

The Liberal Arts College

Why was the college shut down?

For lack of students and patronage

When did the college shut down?

40 years ago

What did Faber try to hide while he tried to runaway from Montag when they met?

A book of poems

What did Faber give Montag after he met?

His phone number and address

Why did Faber give his phone number and address to Montag?

For Montag's "Future Investigations" folder

When Montag called Faber for the first time what did he ask him?

How many copies of the Bible, Shakespeare, or Plato are left in the country

What does Faber think Montag is trying to do when he calls him and how does he react?

He thinks Montag is trying to trap/frame him and he hangs up the phone

What book did Montag take from the old lady who was burned alive?

The Bible

What does Montag realize about the book he took from the oldlady who was burned to death?

That this might be the last copy of the Bible in their country

T/F: Montag considers turning in the Bible to Beatty

False

What books does Montag think about turning into Beatty?

Mr. Jefferson and Mr.Thoreau

What is Montag scared of Beatty finding out about the book he turns into him?

That he knows what book he took

What does Montag decide to do with the bible?

He decides to make a copy of it before that night

What does Mildred tell Montag why her friends are coming over?

To watch the "White Clown"

Which friends of Mildred come over?

Mrs.Phelps and Mrs. Bowles

How does Montag get to Faber's?

The subway

What childhood memory does the sieve and the sand relate to Montag

When he was a kid his mean cousin said if he filled the sieve with sand he would get a dime

What does Montag try to do while he is going to Faber's?

He tries to memorize the Bible

What distracts Montag while he is going to Faber's?

A jingle for "Denham's Detrifrice" toothpaste

What happens when the jingle distracts Montag?

He gets so mad that he waves the bible out to the other passengers on the subway

What does Montag show Faber that makes Faber's fear of Montag slowly fade?

He sees that he has a book with him

T/F: Faber is a religious man

False

Why has Montag come to Faber?

He wants him to teach him to understand books

What does Faber tell Montag that he doesnt understand the real reason for something?

Faber tells Montag that he doesnt understand the real reason for his unhappiness and is only guessing that is has something to do with books since they are the only things he knows for sure are gone.

What does Faber say about books and their meanings that can relate to other things?

He says that the same meaning can be in media, television, and radio but the people choose not to

What does Faber say that explains why books are hated?

Faber says the reason why books are heated and feared is because they show the pores in the face of life

What does Faber agree with Mildred with?

That television is more real than books but he dislikes it because it is too controlling

What does Montag give Faber before he leaves?

He gives him the bible to go photo copy

What does Faber give Montage before he leaves?

These seashell radio headphones that let you communicate through each earpiece that he invented

What is Montag's and Faber's major plan?

Planting books in the homes of firemen to discredit the frofession and see the firehouses burn.

What does Faber disagree with Montag's major plan?

That it will not get to the heart of the problem

What does Faber say they need to do to fufill their major plan?

They need to be patient, since the coming war will eventually mean the death of the tv families

What does Montag do to finally get Faber's help?

He starts ripping the pages out of the bible before Faber begs him to stop

What does Faber say he will help Montag with for the bible?

He says he knows an old friend who has a printing press to copy the bible

What does Faber give Montag when he requests for help with Beatty that night?

His radio/communicating/hearing seashells that he invented

What book does Montag decide to give to Beatty?

It doesn't say but it is a substitue book

How late are the banks open to?

24/7

What are the bank tellers?

Robots

What book does Faber read over the earpiece to Montag?

"The Book of Jobs"

What does Montag try to do when he gets home?

He tries to get Mildred and her two friends in a deep conversation

How long do the ladies think the war will last?

48 hours

T/F: The ladies are not worried about the war

True

Whose husbands go off to war?

Mrs.Phelps and Mrs. Bowles

What man has none of the 3 ladies ever known?

Somebody who died in war

How many atomic wars has their been since 1990?

2

What makes Montag mad when he is talking to Mildred and her friends?

When they discuss politics and they describe how they voted in the last presidential election based on physical appearance

What does Montag bring out that shocks all the 3 women?

A book of poetry

What lie does Mildred come up with when Montag brings the book out?

That every year a fireman is allowed to take on book home to show his family and prove what nonsense books are

What commad does Faber make Montag do?

Go along with Mildred's lie

What happens when Montag is done reading his poem?

Mrs.Phelps is in tears and Mrs. Bowles is furious with Montag and swears to never come back to this house

What does Montag do that makes the 2 ladies leave?

Montag blows up on Mrs.Bowles and tells her to go home and think about her empty life

What has Mildred been doing to Montag's books?

She's been burning the books one by one

What does Montag do with the rest of the books he has?

He hides them in the backyard

What does Montag feel guilty about?

Upsettig Mildred's friends

What happens when Montag goes to the firestation and gives the book to Beatty?

He throws the book in the trashcan and lights it?

What does Beatty do to Montag?

He attacks him with litery quotations to confuse him and convince him that books are better burned then read

T/F: The Mechanical Hound is gone

True

What thing does Beatty do that is different when the alarm goes off?

He drives the truck

What house do they arrive at that has caused the alarm?

Montag's

What are the themes of this book?

Rebellion, Growth, Happiness, Dystopian, Comformity, Distortion, Censorship, anit - intellectualism, violence, shallow culture, and proliferation of advertising

Montag and Mildred think someone is at the door. Why doesn't the door-voice tell them if someone is there?

Mildred shut it off

What does Mildred think is at the door? What is at the door?

A dog; the Hound

What is Montag talking about when he says he saw a snake?

The machine that cleaned Mildred's stomach

What is a rumor Montag has heard?

They are well-fed, but the rest of the world is starving

What are some of the books Montag asks Faber about?

The Bible, Shakespeare, and Plato

Why is Faber afraid to tell?

Doesn't want to be exposed and sent away

Why is he trying to remember the Bible?

He has to hand it over but he wants to memorize it first

What is causing Montag to have a difficult time reading the Bible?

Denham's Dentifrice advertisement and all the noise

How does Montag begin to behave? What is the reaction from the other riders?

He begins to become hysterical and the others just stare at him

Whom does Montag visit?

Faber

How is Faber described?

Old, fragile, afraid

According to Faber, what does Jesus do on the parlor walls?

He is part of the 'family'

According to Faber, why is Faber a coward?

He was there when the book burning started, and he didn't do anything to stop it

What are three qualities that Faber says are needed?

Quality of information, leisure to digest it, the right to act upon what you learn

What idea did Montag have?

Print more copies of books

What is Faber's reaction to Montag's idea?

He thinks it's dangerous

What does Faber suggest to Montag about printing extra copies?

Plant the copies in firemen's houses

What does Faber give Montag to help him out with his meeting with Beatty?

Ear buds that will allow Faber to listen and talk to him

Describe the bank

Operated by robots

Describe the show that Mildred and her friends are watching?

Many scenes which are all violent and loud

What does Montag do to the parlor walls?

Shuts them off

What questions does he ask?

When they think the war will start and where their husbands are

What happened to Gloria's husband?

Called to war

How did Mrs. Bowles have 2 children?

C-section

What were Mrs. Bowles's reason for having children?

Reproduction is necessary for the race to live on

Describe Mrs. Bowles's way of parenting.

Sends kids off to school, puts them in front of the TV when they're home

How did the women vote? What did they use for criteria when voting for president?

They voted for the best-looking guy

What does Montag do after he can't take the women anymore?

Pulls out a poem book and reads it

What is the name of the poem Montag reads?

"Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold

What is Mrs. Phelps's reaction to the poem?

She cries

What does Montag do with the book after he has read the poem?

Puts it in the incinerator

What does Beatty say when he sees Montag in the firehouse?

"Here comes a strange beast in which all tongues is called a fool"