Fahrenheit 451 Part 1

Who is the protagonist in the book?

• Montag

• Clarisse

• Mildred

• Beatty

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Which piece of evidence below helps the reader understand that Montag enjoyed his job?

• "With his symbolic helmet numbered 451 on his stolid head."

• "While the flapping pigeon-winged books died on the porch..."

• "It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed."

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What was Ray Bradbury warning against when he wrote this novel?

• The extreme dangers of driving too fast

• Ben Frankiln creating a dystopian society

• Losing our connections with the world around us because of technology

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What is the significance of the title Fahrenheit 451?

• It is the temperature at which kerosene burns

• It is the temperature at which paper ignites and burns.

• It is the temperature needed to start a fire

• It is the temperature limit the firemen can burn a house at

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On pages 3 - 5, Montag describes Clarisse with words like "bright as snow in the moonlight" and "pale surprise." Why does he describe her with words that are synonymous with white?

• Because he feels like he is evil and she isn't

• Because she does not understand how the world works

• Because she is pure and innocent

• Because she is a little girl.

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Which piece of evidence supports the inference that Mildred overdosed on sleeping pills.

• "The object he had sent tumbling with is foot now glinted under the edge of his own bed."

• "As he stood there the sky over the house screamed."

• "Montag was cut in half."

• "The small crystal bottle of sleeping tablets which earlier today had been filled with thirty capsules and which now lay uncapped and empty in the light of the tiny flare."

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

• 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.

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What does the reader learn about Montag's relationships with Mildred and Clarisse by comparing the two conversations on Pages17-18 and 19-21?

• That he is in love with Clarisse and wants to run away to be with her.

• That he is deeply in love with his wife and needs to ignore everyone else.

• That he needs to move neighborhoods to get away from Clarisse.

• That his relationship with Mildred is shallow and his relationship with Clarisse is in depth.

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Why are we shown how Clarisse is different from other teens?

• Bradbury didn't like teenagers and wanted to show how bad they really are.

• It shows how bad the society was, how she was more special than the others, and it foreshadowed her death.

• It made the book more fun

• It gave the book a more mature feel

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According to Mildred, what happened to Clarisse?

• She was hit by a car and died

• 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.

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