Fahrenheit 451

At the start of the novel, how does Montag feel about his job as a fireman?

• Depressed

• Proud

• Resentful

• Afraid

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 beautifyl

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.

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.

What happens to Clarisse?

• 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 fakes her death by car accident to stop the authorities pursuing them.

Which of the following des Mildred NOT use as a means of escape?

• Television

• Radio

• Alcohol

• Pills

Why does Montag call the people on the parlor walls, Mildred's "family"?

• They are relatives of hers.

• It is a jab at the way Mildred seems closer to them than real people.

• They are inteded to function as one's family to stop people from feeling lonely.

• He wants Mildred to feel connected and loved.

In what way is Captain Beatty a contradiction in himself?

• He believes that books are a waste of time, yet is extremely well read

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

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

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

Which of the following 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 comprehend knowledge and the role of the individual in society

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