The Sieve and the Sand Practice Quiz

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What is Mildred's reaction to the books Montag reveals to her?

• She finds them fascinating
• She find them frustrating and prefers television
• She is illiterate and cannot read them
• She thinks they are funny

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After Montag reads to Mildred and her friends, Mrs. Phelps

• screamed loudly
• bolted out of the room as if she were attacked
• started to sob
• laughed at the absurdity of the poem

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After reading the "Dover Beach," Montag tells Mrs. Bowles

• to go home and think about her feelings, relationships with life decisions
• to go home and sleep
• to go home and tell her husband that she loves him
• to leave town for a while and think about how things used to be

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What is Montag's plan to avoid giving his Bible to Beatty?

• He plans to shoot Beatty
• He is going to substitute another book for the Bible
• He plans to run away to a cabin in the woods
• He is going to plan a book on Beatty to get him in trouble

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What does Beatty do with the book that Montag gives him?

• Puts it in his desk drawer
• Puts it in his back pocket
• Burns it
• Throws it in the trash

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In this section, Beatty really shows

• how tricky he can be
• his ignorance
• his knowledge, power, and familiarity with books
• A&C

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“Montag you don’t look well. I’d hate to think that you were coming down with another fever…” These lines, spoken by Beatty, can be seen as

• comic relief
• scary
• sarcastic
• sincere

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Which woman cries when Montag reads poetry?

• Mildred
• Clarisse
• Mrs. Phelps
• Mrs. Bowles

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Why is Montag happy that he made one of the parlor women cry?

• he likes to hurt all conformists
• he has his sweet revenge
• he has stirred some emotion into these indifferent women, it is a start.
• he has vowed to make everyone in this society suffer for making him suffer

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