Fahrenheit 451: Section 1 Test

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

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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.

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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.

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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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What did Montag believe had been done to the animal?

• It had been programmed to beg for money.

• It had been programmed to do tricks.

• It had been programmed to attack the elderly.

• It had been programmed to act against Montag.

What happens to the old woman who lives in the house with books?

• She is taken to an insane asylum

• She is arrested

• She sets herself and the house on fire

• She is accidentally killed by the Mechanical Hound

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What happens to Montag as a result of meeting Clarisse?

• He considers leaving his wife
• He starts to notice what's missing in his life
• He decides he no longer wants to be a firefighter
• He becomes more committed to extinguishing books

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