F451 Part 2 Test

Who or what does the author imply is outside Montag’s door through the description “…a slow, probing sniff, an exhalation of electric steam,”?

• Beatty

• The Mechanical Hound

• The Firemen

• The Robot Servant

 Why is it ironic that Mildred sees no value in reading since “Books aren’t people,”?

• the books can bring people together, forming connections

•   Mildred does not know how to read

• her ‘family’ are not real people either

• the books are more valuable than people

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

To what is Montag referring when he says, “I saw the damnedest snake in the world the other night…”?

• the snake emblem on the side of the firetruck

• the tube used to pump Mildred’s stomach

•  the fear he harbors out of fear of detection

• the snake from the tv show Mildred watches

What secret does Montag reveal to Mildred?

• the fact that he has been reading books for years

• the realization that he does not love her

• the sad truth that he is in love with Clarisse

• he has approximately 20 books illegally hidden

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Why does Montag keep hearing planes flying overhead?

• 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 of planes

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

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

Who is Faber?

•   an old, retired English Professor that Montag first met in the park

• a retired fireman who Beatty sends to Montag to talk reason with him

• Clarisse’s uncle, who inspired and enlightened her

• the author of the poetry book Montag has hidden

Why is Montag unable to memorize parts of the Bible while on the subway?

• he is too fearful to open the Bible long enough in front of so many onlookers

•  “Denham’s Dentifrice” and other such commercials are blaring, making it impossible to focus

• he dropped the Bible on his way to the subway, so he has to recall it without aid

•  he realizes his feeble brain is incapable of such a large endeavor

  What does Faber remark that books smell like?

• like the air following a sudden rainstorm

•  like the molds that grow in dark, damp places

• like nutmeg or some spice from a foreign land

•  like the soil of the earth after it has been tilled

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What does Faber say is missing from society?

• quality of information

• leisure to digest it

• the right to carry out actions

• all of the above

What plan of action do Montag and Faber accidentally come up with?

• to disrupt the fireman structure itself by planting books and turning in alarms against the firemen

• to burn the fire chief in order to prevent him from tracing the ear transmitter

•  to memorize the books (instead of printing them)

• to bomb the city, obliterating Mildred, Beatty, and the rest