Fahrenheit 451 Check

 Who was Captain Beatty?

• He was Montag's boss at work.
• He was a retired naval officer. He often told old sea stories.
• He was the mayor.
• . He was Clarisse's uncle.

How did the firemen know which houses had books?

• Neighbors, family members, and friends became informants and telephoned the authorities.
•  The books all had bar codes on the back covers. These could be read for up to one mile away by a special computerized track.
• They conducted random searches.
• Neighbors, family members, and friends became informants and telephoned the authorities.

 What lie did Captain's Beatty tell Montag?

•  He told Montag that women were too delicate to be workers.
• He told Montag that authors had never been appreciated; indeed, they had always been regarded as outcasts.
• He told Montag that he (Montag) was next in line for a promotion at work.
• He told Montag that firemen had never been used to prevent fires, only to start them.

What did Montag do in the old lady's attic?

• He took a book.
• He sat and cried.
• He destroyed all of her old family pictures.
• He took a nap.

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

• They made watching mandatory for everyone over the age of twelve.
• They advertised by having volunteers call people to remind them to come.
• They had the fires at night when they look prettier.
• They had a famous person start the blaze.

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What did the old woman do?

• She danced and threw more books on the blaze.
• She locked herself in her apartment and refused to watch.
• She lit the match and then committed suicide.
• . She dressed in black, knelt before the fire, and prayed and cried.

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What happened to Clarisse?

• She was hypnotized and forced to change her thinking.
• She was attacked by a pack of mechanical hounds.
• She escaped to the wilderness and joined the rebels.
• She was hit by a car.