Fahrenheit 451 Review (pg. 1 - 88)

The protagonist is ________, who works as a ________.

• Montag, professor

• Beatty, fireman

• Montag, fireman

• Faber, professor

_______ is a young woman who lives next to Montag, and serves as a catalyst for him questioning his job as a fireman.

• Mildred

• Clarisse

• Faber

• Beatty

Which of the following is NOT a central idea of the text?

• Role of government and people

• Censorship

• Propaganda

• Freedom of speech

Mildred, Montag's wife, is obsessed with the _________, which she calls her "family".

• Parlor walls

• Seashell radio

• Books

• Telephone

Montag feels sick after...

• Accidentally killing Clarisse.

• Watching the old woman burn herself with her books.

• Finding Mildred overdosed on sleeping pills.

• Reporting Faber to the firemen.

"So! A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon. Breach man's mind. Who knows who might be the target of a well-read man?" (pg. 56)

This quote best shows _______.

• Censorship

• Propaganda

• The role of the government

• The impact of technology

TRUE or FALSE: Montag has been hiding books in the air vent for over a year.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The _______ is a weapon used by the firemen to hunt down books and the people who own them. Montag is convinced it "hates" him.

• Firehose

• Kerosene

• Seashell radio

• Mechanical Hound

Choose ALL statements that are true about Faber.

• He was an English professor

• He supports the firemen

• He devises a plan with Montag to bring down the firemen

• He is very brave and outspoken against the government

• He and Montag met in the park while Faber was reading and reciting poetry

What is the PLAN that Faber and Montag devise?

• Convert Captain Beatty to their side, and destroy the firemen from the inside.

• Set little fires in all of the fire stations so that they burn to the ground.

• Make their own propaganda to play on the radio and trains to make people doubt the firemen.

• Plant copies of books in firemen's homes so that they are burned down and not trusted.