WorksheetsFahrenheit 451 Part 1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Who doesn't want children?
Clarisse
Montag
Mildred
Beatty
What happened to Clarisse's friends?
She dropped them when she became friends with Montag.
They were caught reading books and sent to prison.
They were shot dead or died in car accidents.
Being antisocial, she has no friends.
What happens at the fun park?
bullying
break things
wreck things
all of the above
Why does Montag suddenly feel empty?
He gets caught with a book.
He has a failed marriage.
Clarisse is gone.
He gets fired.
What about war?
The war is over.
Montag wants to join the war effort.l
Clarisse has been shipped off to fight in the war.
The war can begin at any moment.
Part 1 is called The Hearth and the Salamander. A Hearth is a fireplace. What literary example is this?
imagery
metaphor
symbolism
irony
What is something strange about the firemen?
They all look exactly like Montag.
They all hate books.
They all love their jobs.
Most of them are secretly reading books.
Who is taken to an insane asylum?
Mildred
Clarisse
The man Montag talked to in the park.
The man whose house was raided.
Who feels like a father figure?
Beatty
Montag
Stoneman
Black
All of the following describe Clarisse McClellan except:
almost 17 and insane
afraid of kids her age
an outcast of society
Montag's love interest
Beatty tells Montag, "At least once in his career, every fireman gets an itch. What do the books say, he wonders?" If a fireman gives into that temptation and takes a book, what is the protocol?
He is immediately arrested.
He receives a warning.
He is allowed to keep it for 24 hours.
He is immediately terminated.
"Hell" The operator's cigaretrtre moved on his lip. "We get these cases nine or ten a night. Got so many, starting a few years ago, we had these special machines built..." Who says this?
Faber
Beatty
Granger
Medic
What do the numbers 451 represent?
number of firehouses in the country
Temperature at which books turn to dust.
Temperature at which books burn.
Highest temperature a fireman's suit can withstand heat.
"Montag felt himself back away and away out the door, after Beatty, down the steps, across the lawn, where the path of kerosene lay like the track of some evil snail" is an example of
personification
hyperbole
simile
metaphor
What is the hound's reaction to Montag?
The hound likes Montag.
The hound plays with Montag.
The hound growls at Montag.
The hound hides from Montag.
According to Clarisse, how is Montag "not like the others"?
He thinks about his job.
He takes walks with her.
He is suspicious of her.
He looks at her and actually listens.
With what excuse does Montag attempt to avoid going in to work?
His wife is sick.
He has errands to run.
He is depressed.
He is feeling sick.
What mythical creature symbolizes rebirth from the ashes in Fahrenheit 451?
salamander
centaur
phoenix
dragon
How old is Montag?
20
30
25
35
Clarisse was part of the old society where talking and thinking were appreciated. How was this viewed by the others?
She was socially elite.
She was regarded as holy.
She was thought to be insane.
She was thought to be nosey.
