Read the quote from the text: “‘Well,’ she said, ‘I’m seventeen and crazy. My uncle says the two always go together. When people ask your age, he said, always say seventeen and insane…” From this quote you can infer that: (11.3.R.6)

The uncle is concerned for her.

Clarisse likes to live on the edge.

“‘Have you seen the two-hundred-foot-long billboards in the country beyond? Did you know that once billboards were only twenty feet long?” From this quote, what inferences can you make about the community? (11.3.R.6)

People drive more reckless and faster than they used to.

It is a partially blind community.

The billboards are far away from the road.

“They walked in uncomfortable silence, hers thoughtful, his a kind of clenching uncomfortable silence in which he shot her accusing glances.” What can you infer about Montag? (11.3.R.6)

He is confused and thoughtless.

He is thoughtful and he is confused.

What did Beatty mean by, "Out of the nursery, into the college and back to the nursery?" (11.2.R.1)

life runs on a loop for everyone regardless of their education

What alerts the reader that Montag may not like his job? (11.2.R.1)

Mildred makes him believe he likes it

What inferences can the audience make about the society they live in when Clarisse says, "I sometimes think drivers don't know what grass is, or flowers, because they never see them slowly?" (11.3.R.6)

The audience can infer that most people drive very quickly

The audience can infer that people do not go outside

The audience can infer that flowers and grass do not exist

The audience can infer that people do not drive

Guy Montag, "wears his happiness like a mask," This simile means that... (11.3.R.1)

He appears to be happy all the time

What can be inferred about what Mrs. Bowles says about her children? "I put up with them when they come home three days a month...You heave them into the 'parlor' and turn the switch. It's just like washing clothes (96)." (11.2.R.1)

Women in this society view child-rearing as a burden because they are busy with their own lives

Women in this society hate their children and so they ship them away

Women in this society prefer not to have kids because they have to wash their clothes

Women in this society miss their children a lot when they are away at school

How do the men by the river preserve literature? (11.3.R.1)

They memorize a book and then burn it

They keep a secret stash of books buried by the river

They read a book and then copy it down on paper

They copy the book on to microfiche

What is not a theme of the book? (11.3.R.3)

Interpersonal communication is important

Which of the following is NOT a metaphor? (11.3.R.2)

"It was a flaking three story house in the ancient part of the city."

"With the brass nozzle in his fist, the great python spit its venomous kerosene upon the world."

"Her face....was fragile milk crystal with a soft and constant light in it."

"Now the beetle was nothing but a torch hurtling upon him."

What is the likely setting of the novel? (11.3.R.3)

Future Russia in a small village

What is the significance of the sieve and the sand? (11.3.R.3)

It is a metaphor for knowledge and Montag's want of it.

It shows the slow passing of time in the world.

It is a metaphor for Mildred's feelings toward Montag.

It shows how powerful the words of books can be.

Which of these could best be described as a theme of Fahrenheit 451 ? (11.3.R.3)

Censorship makes people miserable

People should be content with what they have

What point of view is Fahrenheit 451 told from? (11.3.R.2)

Third person limited, past tense

Third person omniscient, present tense

What does "The train radio vomited upon Montag" mean? (11.3.R.1)

The train radio was overwhelmingly loud

The train radio collapsed on Montag's head

The train radio puked its lunch onto Montag

The train radio zapped Montag with electricity

How does the Mechanical Hound kill its victims (11.2.R.1)

a needle injected with a pain killer overdose

How do minorities play a role in the dumbing down of America? (11.3.R.3)

no one wants to offend them, so nothing of real substance can ever be said

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does water symbolize in Fahrenheit 451? (11.3.R.4)

Montag’s rebirth

Faber's fear

Burning

Beatty’s ideas

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Based on this text what can you infer. “They walked in the warm, cool, blowing night on the silvered pavement and there was the faintest breath of fresh apricots and strawberries in the air.” (11.3.R.6)

Clarisse smelled nice.

They walked past a strawberry field

They had recently eaten strawberries and apricots

The smell from Montag's recent burning

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did Montag develop as a character? (11.2.R.1)

Started liking books and as the story developed he began to dislike them

Started as a fireman that didn't really think about anything that he did and as the story developed he started thinking for himself

Was in love with Mildred at first but then became in love with Clarisse

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What kind of figurative language is this quote: ¨One of them slid down into your stomach like a black down an echoing well... " (11.2.R.1)

Simile

metaphor

personification

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A reference to something literary or historical from outside of the text (11.3.R.1)

Theme

Allusion

Symbols

Fahrenheit

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What animal is referred to during the scene that the city is bombed and will rise again from the ashes? (11.3.R.1)

Phoenix

Mechanical hound

Dove

Polar bear

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What book was Montag referring to when he said “...he saw their Cheshire cat smiles burning through the walls of the house..” (11.3.R.1)

The Chronicles of Narnia

Dover Beach

Alice in Wonderland

The Bible

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CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

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Fahrenheit 451 Nine Weeks Study Guide

What does water symbolize in Fahrenheit 451? (11.3.R.4)

Based on this text what can you infer. “They walked in the warm, cool, blowing night on the silvered pavement and there was the faintest breath of fresh apricots and strawberries in the air.” (11.3.R.6)

How did Montag develop as a character? (11.2.R.1)

What kind of figurative language is this quote: ¨One of them slid down into your stomach like a black down an echoing well... " (11.2.R.1)

A reference to something literary or historical from outside of the text (11.3.R.1)

What animal is referred to during the scene that the city is bombed and will rise again from the ashes? (11.3.R.1)

What book was Montag referring to when he said “...he saw their Cheshire cat smiles burning through the walls of the house..” (11.3.R.1)

What war ended when Bradbury wrote the book? (11.3.R.1)

What did Mildred spend most of her time doing? (11.2.R.1)

What does Bradbury allude to in this quote: “In Beatty’s sight Montag felt the guilt of his hands”? (11.3.R.1)

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