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F451 Part 1 and 2

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does 451 refer to in the title?

a)

The number of people in the fire department

b)

The number of books burned in a year

c)

The prophecy

d)

The temperature at which books burn

2.

Montag meets Clarisse while on his way _____.

a)

to a fire

b)

to Beatty's house

c)

home

d)

to McDonald's

3.

Clarisse is ____.

a)

Montag's girlfriend

b)

A teenager that enjoys conversation

c)

A rebel that hides books

d)

A woman caught with books in her home

4.

The firemen want to provide as much of a show as possible. How do they do this?

a)

They made watching mandatory for everyone over the age of twelve.

b)

They advertised by having volunteers call people to remind them to come.

c)

They had a famous person start the blaze.

d)

They had the fires at night when they look prettier.

5.

What is the machine used to pump the sleeping pills from Mildred's stomach compared to?

a)

snake

b)

centrifuge

c)

alligator

d)

salamander

6.

Why did Emergency Hospital send technicians instead of a doctor to treat the patient?

a)

The patient didn't have enough insurance coverage to merit a doctor's care.

b)

Doctors only treated men.

c)

There weren't enough doctors, so none ever left the hospital.

d)

That kind of medical procedure was so common that technician-operated machines had been developed to treat the patient.

7.
What does Mildred say when Montag tells her she took all of her sleeping pills? 
a)
"I only took half of them." 
b)
"Oh, I wouldn't do a thing like that." 
c)
"No I didn't.  You must have taken them." 
8.

What were parlor walls?

a)

They were a kind of surround television with which the audience could interact.

b)

They were portable partitions that could be repositioned to create a variety of living

spaces.

c)

They were hidden microphones that could monitor conversations.

d)

They were barricades that separated one neighborhood from another.

9.

Where did Clarisse get most of her information about the way life used to be?

a)

Her uncle told her.

b)

She watched old videos.


c)

She learned it in history class.


d)

She had secretly read her grandmother's diaries, which she had hidden in her room.

10.

Who is Captain Beatty?

a)

Montag's boss at work.

b)

A retired naval officer. He often tells old sea stories.

c)

The mayor.

d)

Clarisse's uncle.

11.

There was a robotic animal equipped with a steel needle, and programmed to hunt and kill.

What kind of animal was it?

a)

It was a salamander.

b)

It was a hound.

c)

It was a lion.

d)

It was a rattlesnake.

12.

What did Montag believe had been done to the animal?

a)

It had been programmed to beg for money.

b)

It had been programmed to do tricks.

c)

It had been programmed to attack the elderly.

d)

It had been programmed to act against Montag.

13.

What happens to the old woman who lives in the house with books?

a)

She is taken to an insane asylum

b)

She is arrested

c)

She sets herself and the house on fire

d)

She is accidentally killed by the Mechanical Hound

14.

How did Montag and Mildred meet?

a)

At a party

b)

Their parents introduced them

c)

Online dating app

d)

They don't remember

15.
What happens to Montag as a result of meeting Clarisse?
a)
He considers leaving his wife
b)
He starts to notice what's missing in his life
c)
He decides he no longer wants to be a firefighter
d)
He becomes more committed to extinguishing books
16.
What realization does Montag come to regarding his wife Mildred?
a)
She understands what he's going through
b)
She is far more intelligent than Clarisse
c)
He doesn't like her
d)
He doesn't really know her
17.

Where are the books hidden at Montag's house?

a)

cabinet

b)

tv room

c)

vents

d)

under his bed

18.

“‘Have you seen the two-hundred-foot-long billboards in the country beyond? Did you know that once billboards were only twenty feet long?”


From this quote, what inferences can you make about the community?

a)

People drive more reckless and faster than they used to.

b)

It is a partially blind community.

c)

The billboards are far away from the road.

d)

None of the these

19.

Which THREE types of technology are mentioned in the story so far?

a)

Seashells (ear buds), parlor walls (TV walls), and a Mechanical Hound (robot dog)

b)

Seashells (ear buds), computation walls (computer walls), and robotic housekeepers

c)

Smart phones, self-driving cars, and chromebooks

20.

What important question does Clarisse ask Montag at the beginning of the novel?

a)

"Will you protect me?"

b)

"Are you a criminal?"

c)

"Are you happy?"

d)

"How long can you keep doing this?"

21.
This description of books, "While the flapping pigeon-winged books died on the porch and lawn of the house," is an example of ...
a)
personification
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
hyperbole
22.
(noun) tool that has many small holes and that is used to separate smaller particles from larger ones or solids from liquids
a)
sieve
b)
cowardice
c)
arsonists
d)
cadenced
23.
What does the "Sieve and the Sand" refer to?
a)
Montag's inability to retain what he reads
b)
The time running out on society
c)
The ashes of the burned books
d)
Clarisse's description of the beach
24.
What is "Denham's Dentrifice"?
a)
An ad blaring loudly on the subway
b)
The title of the book Montag stole
c)
The name of a show Mildred watches
d)
The password for Montag to enter Faber's house
25.
Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons Faber offers for loving books?
a)
The quality (you can touch them, they contain substance)
b)
The leisure reading provides (time to think)
c)
That one can choose to act or think differently after reading a book
d)
That they are rare and worth a lot of money
26.
What is the name of the earpiece Faber provides Montag with so that they can communicate?
a)
The Green Bullet
b)
Mini-Walkie-Talkie
c)
SeaShells
d)
The VR Listener
27.
What does Mildred call the characters on the shows she watches (and participates in)?
a)
Her best friends
b)
Her twins
c)
Her family
d)
Celebrities
28.
In the conversation at the party with Mrs. Bowles and Mrs. Phelps, which of the following do they NOT reveal?
a)
Multiple husbands of theirs have died in war
b)
They also secretly possess books
c)
Children are sent away to school "9 out of 10" days a month
d)
They are uncomfortable in silence (when the parlor walls are turned off)
29.
What were the most important traits that got Winston Noble, the current president, elected?
a)
His name and good looks
b)
His hatred for books
c)
His intelligence and experience
d)
He wasn't elected. He took power as a dictator.
30.
What causes Mrs. Phelps to cry at the party?
a)
Montag turning the Parlor Wall off
b)
Thinking about her dead husbands
c)
Nothing. She cries regularly for some unknown reason.
d)
Montag reading a poem
31.
When the firemen are called to a fire at the end of Part 2, whose house are they called to set fire to?
a)
Montag's
b)
Clarisse's
c)
Faber's
d)
Mrs. Phelps'
32.
What do the firemen call their fire engines?
a)
The Hound
b)
The Dragon
c)
The Book-Blazer
d)
The Pyro 2000
33.

How does Montag convince Faber to help him?

a)

threatens his family

b)

tears up a Bible

c)

bribes him

34.

Mildred's friends all

a)

love their children

b)

are very worried about their husbands at war

c)

believe exactly what the government tells them

35.

How does Faber view himself?

a)

a hero

b)

a coward

c)

the government's worst nightmare

36.

Why does Montag think of the old man in the park from a year ago?

a)

He needs a teacher to help him understand books

b)

He wants Mildred to visit him

c)

He is curious about him

37.

Why would people NOT want to read, even if books were made legal?

a)

they don't know how

b)

there aren't any bookstores

c)

they don't want to, they're having fun without books

38.

What does Montag use his earpiece from Faber to do?

a)

to allow Faber to listen to Captain Beatty

b)

to listen to Faber in his ear

c)

both

d)

neither

39.

Which of the following is the third part of what is missing in a world without books?

a)

the ability to put change into action

b)

logic

c)

reason

40.

What book does Montag give to Faber?

a)

Milton

b)

The Bible

c)

The Lilies of the Field

41.

Which one of the following is, according to Faber, missing with the absence of books?

a)

pictures

b)

the leisure to digest

c)

vocabulary