Fahrenheit 451 | Part 1 (Montag's Encounter with Clarisse) | Summary and Analysis | Ray Bradbury

What is Guy Montag's job?

• Burning books

• Spraying kerosene on salamanders

• Riding the subway

What finishes Clarisse's statement on p. 5 to Montag:  "Well," she said, "I'm seventeen and ..."

• "...I'm crazy."

• "...I've lit books on fire before."

• "...I like purple hair."

What word from the opening paragraph does not reference fire?

• symphonies

• blazing

• 451

• flame

• charcoal

What "dual nature" does fire have?  "It destroys and ...

• ...brings life."

• ...breaks down stone."

• ...gives men power."

Just by meeting and talking to Clarisse, Montag has been ...

• reawakened.

• insulted

• angered

What is the beginning of a plot called that provides the necessary information to get a story started?

• Exposition

• Climax

• Conflict

• Falling action