Fahrenheit 451 Mid-Book Quiz Review

From which point-of-view is the novel written?

• 1st Person

• 2nd Person

• 3rd Person - Limited

• 3rd Person - Omniscient

What word is used to describe “a seemingly perfect society”?

• Dystopia

• Utopia

• Zootopia

• Mytopia

Montag’s job as a fireman means he…

• Extinguishes fires for a living

• Starts fires for a living

• Fireproofs houses for a living

• Counsels citizens on the harmful nature of books

According to the novel, what do the number 451 represent?

• The number of firehouses in the country.

• The number of books burned each year.

• The number of days it took Bradbury to write the novel.

• The temperature at which books burn.

What are the Seashells?

• Small shell-shaped devices that allow the government to monitor them

• Tiny transistor radio earbuds

• Interactive remotes that allow the viewers to participate in the TV programming

• Mini sleep lozenges that melt on the tongue

Why does Montag keep hearing planes flying overhead throughout the story?

• The “planes” are surveillance aircraft sent to watch his house

• The government routinely flies aircraft in order to remind the citizens of who is in charge

• They aren’t really planes; Montag is hearing the sounds in his earbuds

• The country is preparing for war, but nobody talks about it

Clarisse McClellan is a curious, thoughtful person. Which sentences from the text best support this inference?

• “I’m seventeen and I’m crazy” (Bradbury 5).

• “You know, I’m not afraid of you at all” (Bradbury 5).

• “I rarely watch the ‘parlor’ walls or go to races or Fun Parks” (Bradbury 7).

• “The psychiatrist wants to know why I go out and hike around in the forests and watch the birds 

  and collect butterflies” (Bradbury 20).

Where did Clarisse get most of her information about the way life used to be?

• Her uncle told her

• She watched old videos

• She learned it in history class

• She had secretly read her grandmother’s diaries, which she had hidden in her room

Which statement from the novel best supports the inference that people rarely have meaningful conversations with one another in this society?

• “What a strange meeting on a strange night. He remembered nothing like it save one afternoon a year ago when he had met an old man in the park and they had talked” (Bradbury 8).

• “They walked the rest of the way in silence, hers thoughtful, his a kind of clenching uncomfortable silence in which he shot her accusing glances” (Bradbury 7).

• “Montag got up quickly, his heart pumping, and ran down the hall and stopped at the kitchen door” (Bradbury 15).

• “He wore his happiness like a mask and the girl had run off across the lawn with the mask and 

  there was no way of going to knock on her door and ask for it back” (Bradbury 9).

In what ways did Clarisse influence Montag?

• He begins to think about his relationship with Mildred.

• He notices the world around him more.

• He begins to question the practices of society.

• All of the above