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WorksheetsFahrenheit 451 Pages 56-88 Formative
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Name the literary device: "the walls of the room were flooded with green and yellow and orange"
a)
Metaphor
b)
Imagery
c)
Personification
d)
Simile
2.
What is the main reason Beatty gives for all of the books being burned?
a)
Books were the cause of all happiness.
b)
Books were not controversial enough.
c)
People want to be happy.
d)
People needed more firewood.
3.
How does Beatty react when Montag hints that he may have taken a book home?
a)
He tells Montag that he has stolen lots of books too.
b)
He throws Montag and Mildred in jail.
c)
He turns Montag in to the Mechanical Hound.
d)
He says it is a "natural error."
4.
Why were porches and gardens removed?
a)
They were creating an environmental hazard.
b)
They encouraged people to sit, think, and talk.
c)
They looked too pretty.
d)
They were misunderstood.
5.
What does Montag show Mildred after Beatty leaves?
a)
A collection of books hiding behind the ventilator.
b)
His collection of rocking chairs.
c)
A contract to leave Mildred.
d)
A Mechanical Hound.
6.
What does Mildred say is her favorite subject to talk about?
a)
Clarisse
b)
Her marrige with Montag
c)
Herself
d)
Politics
7.
Who is Faber?
a)
A retired English professor Montag seeks out for help.
b)
A retired firehouse Captain who ran away.
c)
Mildred's friend from the parlor.
d)
A man inside Montag's head.
8.
As Montag takes the subway, what keeps interrupting his thoughts?
a)
Mildred's voice nagging him to turn off the television.
b)
A Mechanical Hound sniffing near his book.
c)
Advertisements for dental detergent.
d)
An annoying woman who will not stop talking.
9.
What book does Montag show Faber?
a)
Shakespeare's Hamlet
b)
The Bible
c)
Dante's Inferno
d)
Twilight
10.
What does Faber say you find within books?
a)
Magical unicorns and vampires.
b)
The answer to the question "why are we here?"
c)
True evil
d)
Quality, Pores, and Telling Details
11.
What legend (allusion) does Faber refer to as an example to humankind?
a)
Pluto and Mercury
b)
Adam and Eve
c)
Hercules and Antaeus
d)
Ben and Jerry
12.
What is the second 'thing' Faber says people need in order to think?
a)
Books.
b)
Leisure time.
c)
Love.
d)
Teachers.
13.
Name the literary device: "Shaw or Shakespeare."
a)
Metaphors
b)
Foreshadowing
c)
Allusions
d)
Hyperbole
14.
What has Faber spent his time designing?
a)
A Kindle Fire
b)
A Telephone
c)
A Seashell Radio
d)
An electric razor
15.
What theme is covered in the reading?
a)
It is important to defend knowledge
b)
Reading leads to misery.
c)
Books.
d)
Television is a wonderful invention
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