Fahrenheit 451 Unit Test

What is the significance of the title Fahrenheit 451?

• the author's favorite number
• the temperature that paper burns
• a mythological allusion to the year 451 B.C.
• the temperature that kills humans

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What happens in Montag's final confrontation with Captain Beatty?

• Montag kills Beatty
• Beatty kills Montag
• Montag is arrested
• Montag goes to jail

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How does the manhunt for Montag end?

• The government captures an innocent man instead of Montag.
• Montag is killed by the government
• Montag surrenders
• Beatty shoots Montag

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How does Montag find out about Clarisse's death?

• He witnesses it

• Beatty tells him

• Mildred tells him, days later

• He hears about it from the "family"

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Throughout the novel, Montag talks about his hands as if...

• they are unable to kill

• they have a mind of their own

• they won't perform they way he wants

• he wished they were larger

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How does Montag know Faber?

• He once checked his house for books

• He knew Faber from his childhood

• He doesn't know him; he accidentally knocked on his door

• He met him in a park a year earlier

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Who does Mildred consider to be family?

• The actors on the television

• Her two best girlfriends

• Only Montag

• Society

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What was Faber's occupation before he retired?

• Fire Captain

• Fireman

• English Professor

• Author

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Which of the following could be a theme of the novel?

• Society will always be in conflict

• People can only survive if they help each other

• Books are the only way to ensure our survival.

• Those without knowledge will be controlled by those with it

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After Montag escapes the hound, he learns how literature is being kept alive even after the books are burned. How?

• The travelers are keeping a secret stash of classics.

• The travelers are memorizing the literature.

• Books are being saved digitally and kept hidden.

• Designated people are responsible for hiding books in a cave outside the city.

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