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WorksheetsFahrenheit 451 Part One Quiz
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 14mins
How does Mildred react when Montag tells her about the sleeping pills?
She is terrified.
She cries hysterically.
She does not believe him.
She faints.
All of the following are true about Guy Montag EXCEPT?
He is the antagonist of the novel.
He is the protagonist of the novel.
He is a firefighter.
His wife overdosed on sleeping pills.
When Clarisse McClellan was first introduced, she was doing something that many people in this society consider “abnormal.” What was she doing?
watching the parlor walls
reading books
walking at night
going to the fun park with friends
What do the firemen do if one of their own “accidentally” steals a book?
They are fired.
Their house is burned.
They allow it to be kept for 24 hours and then they come and burn it.
They firemen are the only people who are allowed to have books. They are not punished.
Why are there no longer front porches in this society?
They do not want to encourage people to talk to each other.
There are only back porches.
When the parlors became popular, front porches were banished.
People were hiding their books under their front porches so society was rid of them.
Who or what does Bradbury imply is outside Montag’s door through the description “…a slow, probing sniff, an exhalation of electric steam,”?
Captain Beatty
Clarisse's Uncle
Faber
Mechanical Hound
When do the alarms for the firemen typically sound?
afternoon
anytime
at night
none of the above
Why does Montag keep hearing planes flying overhead?
The “planes” are surveillance aircraft looking for his books.
The government routinely flies aircraft in order to remind the citizens who is in charge.
There aren’t really planes
The country is preparing for war, but nobody discusses it in much detail.
Clarisse says her uncle was arrested for being a ______________.
thinker
teacher
pedestrian
reader
Clarisse is killed by:
Captain Beatty
The mechanical hound
the police
a car
When Montag enters his room in the beginning of the book, it's described as ALL of the following EXCEPT:
tomb-world
sunlight
complete darkness
mausoleum
What does Montag steal from the lady's house and put under his pillow?
music
lighter
book
flowers
What happens to the old woman who lives in the house with books?
She is taken to an insane asylum
She is arrested
She sets herself and the house on fire
She is accidentally killed by the Mechanical Hound
Who is Mildred's "family?"
Her "family" is dead.
Her "family" is at another country.
Her "family" are the people at the parlor.
Her "family " IS the TV
