Fahrenheit 451

Why did Ray Bradbury name the title of his novel Fahrenheit 451?

• It is an alarm code that firemen use to report to a fire.

• When you add the three digits up, they equal 10, representing a perfect society.

• It is the temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns.

• All of the above are true.

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What is the situation when Mildred is first introduced in the novel?

• She is watching television and does not pay attention to Montag.

• She has taken sleeping tablets.

• She is reading a book.

• She is making dinner and is happy to see Montag come home from work.

What is ironic about Clarisse being so friendly with Montag?

• She likes adults more than she likes her peers.

• At school she is considered to be antisocial.

• She has a family that likes to talk.

• On Sundays, she goes to church.

What rituals does this society observe upon a person’s death?

• There is an elaborate funeral that makes the deceased out to be bigger and better than in reality.

• The deceased is buried in large acre-sized plots with others and no headstones are allowed.

• The deceased is taken by helicopter to be incinerated.

• There is a “15-minute holiday” to remember the deceased, and then all material possessions of the deceased are burned within 24 hours.

What did Montag hide behind the grille of the air-conditioning system that caused his wife to panic?

• Clarisse’s hair pins

• About twenty books

• A gun

• A small, portable fire hose

Why is Montag upset that bombers are always flying above his house?

• He can’t hear the television when they fly past even though his wife has no problem because she wears the Seashell Radio.

• He believes he will be drafted if war breaks out for the fifth time since the 1970s.

• He can’t believe people don’t care about the possibility of war even though there have been two atomic wars since 1990.

• He says it’s foolish for the military to use bombers when other nations are using satellite bombers from space.

What is the name the firemen call their fire truck?

• The Fire Hound

• The Salamander

• Engine 451

• The Orange Serpent

What did Faber own that was smaller than his hand, the size of a postcard?

• An electronic book

• A television

• A gun

• A miniature mechanical hound

When Granger and the men are frying bacon after the war began and ended, what mythical creature does Granger talk about?

• Hydra

• Phoenix

• Griffin

• Basilisk

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What kind of figurative language does Bradbury use in this sentence: “I heard once that a long time ago houses used to burn by accident and they needed firemen to stop the flames”?

• symbolism

• characterization

• personification

• dramatic irony