Fahrenheit 451 Chapter 2

Why is there constant background noise in their society?

• To keep people entertained and provide a background noise and keep them upbeat

• To keep people from focusing on anything bad and thinking for themselves

• To sell their products more efficiently in a society where people don't think for themselves

• To provide hidden messages about what is going on in the world for people who need to know

Faber tells Montag that he needs 3 things (not the fourth!)

• books

• Quality of information

• Leisure time to digest information

• Freedom to

What is Faber's one regret?

• Not hiding more copies of the Bible when he could

• Not trying to recruit more people to start a revolution in society

• Not planting books in the firemen's houses before

• Not speaking up when he could have safely done so

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

When Montag finally goes back to work, who/what is missing?

• The mechanical hound

• The salamander (fire truck)

• All of the other firemen

• Captain Beatty

As a character, what does Mildred represent?

• Stay at home mothers in society

• The most knowledgeable people in society

• Women in society

• Society as a whole

Who is Montag most scared to face now that he is seeking knowledge?

• Beatty

• Mildred

• Clarisse

• Faber

What is the condition throughout rest of the world?

• Very poor, not as ignorant and self absorbed, dislikes Montag's society

• Very wealthy, not as ignorant and self absorbed, dislikes Montag's society

• Almost identical to Montag's society, the world is very global

• Montag's society is the only part of the world that survived the atomic wars

What has happened since the year 2022?

• They have legalized divorce and made it more popular

• They have banned all books with the exception of fire captains

• They have started and won two atomic wars

• They have perfected the technology of the mechanical hounds

Where are the firemen called to at the end of part 2?

• Beatty's house

• Clarisse's house

• Montag's house

• Faber's house