Fahrenheit 451: End of Novel Assessment

At the start of the novel, how does Montag mostly feel about the work he does as a fireman?

• Depressed

• Proud

• Resentful

• Afraid

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

When he meets Clarisse McClellan, Montag describes her face as a mirror; why?

• She seems to reflect his own self and identity.

• He feels as though she is looking straight through him.

• He thinks he has met her before somewhere.

• She is extremely beautiful.

Why is Clarisse McClellan considered anti-social?

• She doesn’t like talking to the other students at school.

• She wants to talk too much.

• She eats lunch alone at school.

• She constantly has a book in her hand.

When we first see Montag respond to a call, why does the elderly woman burn down her own house?

• She is old and doesn’t want to live the rest of her life in prison.

• She feels that it is the only way to save her books.

• She doesn’t want the firemen getting their hands on her books, and gaining knowledge from them.

• She does it as a form of protest, in opposition to the practice of burning books.

What does Captain Beatty believe about books?

• Books are dangerous because most of society are not intelligent enough to read and understand them fully.

• Only those in positions of authority should be trusted to read books.

• Books put upsetting thoughts in people's minds and keep them from being content.

• Reading books makes people boring, which leads to an unhappy society.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

What is the most likely cause of Clarisse's disappearance?

• Her family relocates as they are afraid that the authorities are coming for them.

• She is hit and killed in a car accident.

• The authorities track her location, and she is caught by the mechanical hound.

• Her family fake her death by car accident to stop the authorities pursuing them.

Which of the follow does Mildred NOT use as a way to escape reality?

• Television

• Radio

• Alcohol

• Pills

Why does Montag call the people on the parlor walls, Mildred’s ‘family’?

• They are relatives of hers.

• It is an insult about the way Mildred seems closer to them than real people.

• They are intended to function as one’s family to stop people from feeling lonely.

• He wants Mildred to feel connected and loved.

Which of the following best describes how Captain Beatty contradicts himself?

• He believes that books are a waste of time, yet seems to have read a lot of books himself.

• He says he is content with life, yet actually wants Montag to kill him.

• He believes that the work firemen do is important, yet he loves reading himself.

• He is in a position of authority, yet he believes that the rules are unfair.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

Which of the following best describes Montag’s inner conflict?

• He wants to love his wife, but she is unlovable.

• He attempts to find out what happened to Clarisse.

• He struggles to gain knowledge and questions the role of the individual in society.

• He doesn’t understand why the world is at war.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8