F451 Part 1

What does 451 refer to in the title?

• The number of people in the fire department

• The number of books burned in a year

• The prophecy

• The temperature at which books burn

Montag meets Clarisse while on his way _____.

• to a fire

• to Beatty's house

• home

• to McDonald's

Clarisse is ____.

• Montag's girlfriend

• A teenager that enjoys conversation

• A rebel that hides books

• A woman caught with books in her home

The firemen want to provide as much of a show as possible. How do 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 a famous person start the blaze.

• They had the fires at night when they look prettier.

What is the machine used to pump the sleeping pills from Mildred's stomach compared to?

• snake

• centrifuge

• alligator

• salamander

Why did Emergency Hospital send technicians instead of a doctor to treat the patient?

• The patient didn't have enough insurance coverage to merit a doctor's care.

• Doctors only treated men.

• There weren't enough doctors, so none ever left the hospital.

• That kind of medical procedure was so common that technician-operated machines had been developed to treat the patient.

What does Mildred say when Montag tells her she took all of her sleeping pills? 

• "I only took half of them." 
• "Oh, I wouldn't do a thing like that." 
• "No I didn't.  You must have taken them." 

What were parlor walls?

• They were a kind of surround television with which the audience could interact.

• They were portable partitions that could be repositioned to create a variety of living

  spaces.

• They were hidden microphones that could monitor conversations.

• They were barricades that separated one neighborhood from another.

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Where did Clarisse get most of her information about the way life used to be?

• Her uncle told her.

• She watched old videos.

  
  

• She learned it in history class.

  
  

• She had secretly read her grandmother's diaries, which she had hidden in her room.

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Who is Captain Beatty?

• Montag's boss at work.

• A retired naval officer. He often tells old sea stories.

• The mayor.

• Clarisse's uncle.