WorksheetsF451 Part 1 and 2
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 21mins
What does 451 refer to in the title?
The number of people in the fire department
The number of books burned in a year
The prophecy
The temperature at which books burn
Montag meets Clarisse while on his way _____.
to a fire
to Beatty's house
home
to McDonald's
Clarisse is ____.
Montag's girlfriend
A teenager that enjoys conversation
A rebel that hides books
A woman caught with books in her home
The firemen want to provide as much of a show as possible. How do they do this?
They made watching mandatory for everyone over the age of twelve.
They advertised by having volunteers call people to remind them to come.
They had a famous person start the blaze.
They had the fires at night when they look prettier.
What is the machine used to pump the sleeping pills from Mildred's stomach compared to?
snake
centrifuge
alligator
salamander
Why did Emergency Hospital send technicians instead of a doctor to treat the patient?
The patient didn't have enough insurance coverage to merit a doctor's care.
Doctors only treated men.
There weren't enough doctors, so none ever left the hospital.
That kind of medical procedure was so common that technician-operated machines had been developed to treat the patient.
What were parlor walls?
They were a kind of surround television with which the audience could interact.
They were portable partitions that could be repositioned to create a variety of living
spaces.
They were hidden microphones that could monitor conversations.
They were barricades that separated one neighborhood from another.
Where did Clarisse get most of her information about the way life used to be?
Her uncle told her.
She watched old videos.
She learned it in history class.
She had secretly read her grandmother's diaries, which she had hidden in her room.
Who is Captain Beatty?
Montag's boss at work.
A retired naval officer. He often tells old sea stories.
The mayor.
Clarisse's uncle.
There was a robotic animal equipped with a steel needle, and programmed to hunt and kill.
What kind of animal was it?
It was a salamander.
It was a hound.
It was a lion.
It was a rattlesnake.
What did Montag believe had been done to the animal?
It had been programmed to beg for money.
It had been programmed to do tricks.
It had been programmed to attack the elderly.
It had been programmed to act against Montag.
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
How did Montag and Mildred meet?
At a party
Their parents introduced them
Online dating app
They don't remember
Where are the books hidden at Montag's house?
cabinet
tv room
vents
under his bed
“‘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?
People drive more reckless and faster than they used to.
It is a partially blind community.
The billboards are far away from the road.
None of the these
Which THREE types of technology are mentioned in the story so far?
Seashells (ear buds), parlor walls (TV walls), and a Mechanical Hound (robot dog)
Seashells (ear buds), computation walls (computer walls), and robotic housekeepers
Smart phones, self-driving cars, and chromebooks
What important question does Clarisse ask Montag at the beginning of the novel?
"Will you protect me?"
"Are you a criminal?"
"Are you happy?"
"How long can you keep doing this?"
How does Montag convince Faber to help him?
threatens his family
tears up a Bible
bribes him
Mildred's friends all
love their children
are very worried about their husbands at war
believe exactly what the government tells them
How does Faber view himself?
a hero
a coward
the government's worst nightmare
Why does Montag think of the old man in the park from a year ago?
He needs a teacher to help him understand books
He wants Mildred to visit him
He is curious about him
Why would people NOT want to read, even if books were made legal?
they don't know how
there aren't any bookstores
they don't want to, they're having fun without books
What does Montag use his earpiece from Faber to do?
to allow Faber to listen to Captain Beatty
to listen to Faber in his ear
both
neither
Which of the following is the third part of what is missing in a world without books?
the ability to put change into action
logic
reason
What book does Montag give to Faber?
Milton
The Bible
The Lilies of the Field
Which one of the following is, according to Faber, missing with the absence of books?
pictures
the leisure to digest
vocabulary
