Fahrenheit 451 Review

What happens to Montag as a result of meeting Clarisse?

• He considers leaving his wife
• He starts to notice what's missing in his life
• He decides he no longer wants to be a firefighter
• He becomes more committed to extinguishing books

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What realization does Montag come to regarding his wife Mildred?

• She understands what he's going through
• She is far more intelligent than Clarisse
• He doesn't like her
• He doesn't really know her

What two things make Montag realize that he must change his life?

• A woman chooses to burn with her books and Clarisse dies

• A woman refuses to give up her books and Clarisse moves away

• A neighbor reports Clarisse's books and Clarisse kills herself

• His wife betrays him and Clarisse is there to comfort him

How does Montag feel about his job at the very beginning of the book?

• Cautious and guilty

• He hates his job

• Enthusiastic and confident

• Worried about his salary

What is the MAIN reason people stopped reading books in the society of Fahrenheit 451?

• They had more important things to do with their time

• They did not like that books presented different ways of thinking

• They would rather use advanced technology

• They did not stop reading books

Clarisse was part of the old society where talking and thinking were appreciated. How was this viewed by the others?

• She was socially elite.

• She was regarded as holy.

• She was thought to be insane.

• She was thought to be nosey.

According to Clarisse, why is Montag “not like the others”?

• He reads books, unlike everyone else.

• He sneaks books into his home.

• He doesn’t like his job anymore.

• He actually listens and talks and looks at her.

Faber plans to listen to Montag's conversations with other people by using the earpiece he invented.

• True

• False

According to Faber, what three (3) things are needed to change society? Check all that apply.

• the right to act on information that is learned

• leisure time to think about information that is learned

• the ability to talk to the TV parlor families

• learning quality information

• using actors to relay information

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Why are firemen rarely necessary?

• Because there are hardly any books left to burn

• Because people are very scared of the consequences

• Because people stopped reading on their own

• Because any day now the war will wipe their society off the face of the earth