Fahrenheit 451

What is the significance of the title "Fahrenheit 451"?

• It is the average temperature at which a fire burns.

• It is the temperature at which the robot dog torches books.

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

• The 451 represents the 451 people originally killed for reading.

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Supposedly, who was the first fireman?

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

• Thomas Jefferson

• Ben Franklin

What is the significance of the epigraph at the beginning of the story, "If they give you ruled paper, write the other way." by Juan Ramon Jimenez?

• This served as an extended metaphor about the rebellion and parallel of people writing: If people had to write in the story, they made sure that they wrote in a code so that they would not be discovered.

• This served as a hidden metaphor about rebellion because of Ray Bradbury's publishers: Ray Bradbury had to rewrite the story with a different ending just so that it would be published.

• This served as an extended metaphor about rebellion and clear parallel reflecting the rigidity of Montag's world---the rules of behavior, the mental oppression, and intellectual subjugation; and the insurrection in which Montag indulges through books and seeking knowledge.

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The government taking away the ability to dissent is an example of which theme?

• False Happiness

• Takeover of Technology

• Wisdom and Knowledge

• Rules and Order

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All of the following are true about Guy Montag EXCEPT

• He is the antagonist of the novel.

• He is a firefighter.

• He is the protagonist of the novel.

• His wife overdosed on sleeping pills.

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When Clarisse McClellan was first introduced, she was doing something that many people in this society considered "abnormal." What was she doing?

• Watching parlor walls.

• Walking at night.

• Reading books.

• Going to the fun park with friends.

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The first part of the book is entitled, "The Hearth and the Salamander." This is symbolic of

• Clarisse's car that was stolen and the vehicles used by the firemen.

• The kitchen in each home and the tools used to prepare their food.

• The fireplace that creates fire for the family and the firemen's vehicles used to find books.

• Montag's childhood memories of him playing at his cousin's house, sitting by the fire, then going out to catch salamanders by the creek.

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Why are there no front porches in the society of Fahrenheit 451?

• The government does not want people to talk to each other.

• The government wants people to use back porches for aesthetics.

• The government wants people to spend their money on parlor walls.

• People were hiding books under the porches so the government did away with them.

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Who or what does Bradbury imply is outside Montag's door through the description"...a slow, probing sniff, an exhalation of electric steam...."?

• Captain Beatty

• Faber

• Clarisse's Uncle

• Mechanical Hound

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Why does Montag keep hearing planes flying overhead?

• The "planes" are surveillance aircraft looking for books.

• The government routinely flies aircraft in order to remind the citizens who is in charge.

• The "planes" are drones that search for books that make noises like planes to scare people.

• The country is preparing for war, but nobody discusses it in much detail.

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