Fahrenheit 451 Anticipation

Who is the protagonist of Fahrenheit 451?

• Guy Montag

• Man Monday

• Guy Lunes

• Chico Monday

Which best describes the genre of the novel?

• Horror fiction

• Dystopian fiction

• Utopian fiction

• Historical fiction

Ray Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451 during which historical conflict?

• World War 2

• The Vietnam War

• The US Civil War

• The Cold War

Which of these contemporary technologies in NOT predicted by the novel?

• wireless headphones

• interactive television

• robot dogs

• the internet

What is this?

• I don't know.

• A Fire-Bird?

• The Phoenix! A major symbol in the novel!

• An image from the Hunger Games film trilogy.

At what temperature does paper burn?

• 1000 degrees celsius

• 451 degrees fahrenheit

• 100 degrees fahrenheit

• 451 degrees clesius

Mrs. Phelps, Mildred’s friend, begins to cry when Guy Montag reads _____.

• a poem about love in the midst of conflict, pain, and warfare

• a Bible verse about the lilies of the field and how God cares for them

• a speech by their president declaring that war has begun

• a poem about the joys of children and family ties

Granger speaks about his grandfather to make this point: _____.

• Everyone should leave something of value behind when he dies

• When we die, all of our talents and skills die with us

• Everyone should have a grandfather or grandfather figure in his life

• Everyone should write books to carry on his legacy

Granger believes that _____.

• people are doomed to always repeat the mistakes of history

• people can learn from their mistakes and end warfare if enough

  people remember the events of history

• people are inherently evil and must be coerced to do good works

• people will be better off without the memory of unpleasant historical

  events of the past

The title of Part 3 of the novel, "Burning Bright", refers to a famous poem by which English writer?

• William Shakespeare

• William Wordsworth

• William Faulkner

• William Blake