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Fahrenheit 451 Quiz 3

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The final informant who reported Montag

a)

Captain Beatty

b)

Faber

c)

Mildred

d)

Granger

2.

The leader of the people by the river

a)

Captain Beatty

b)

Faber

c)

Montag

d)

Granger

3.

Provides Montag the suitcase full of dirty clothes

a)

Captain Beatty

b)

Faber

c)

Mildred

d)

Granger

4.

Murdered by Montag

a)

Captain Beatty

b)

Faber

c)

Mildred

d)

Granger

5.

Rises from the ashes

a)

River

b)

Phaeton

c)

Phoenix

d)

Montag

6.

Flew the sun too close to the earth

a)

Phaeton

b)

Phoenix

c)

Salamander

7.

The book Montag memorized

a)

Shakespeare

b)

The Republic

c)

Book of Ecclesiastes

d)

Fahrenheit 451

8.

The men by the river

a)

Intellectuals

b)

Homeless hobos

c)

Known by the books they memorized

d)

All the above

9.

Destroys the city

a)

Flood

b)

Hurricane

c)

Earthquake

d)

War

10.

Montag’s destination

a)

Faber’s house

b)

The river

c)

His own house

d)

Clarisse’s house

11.

To Montag, Captain Beatty says, “There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats, for I am arm’d so strong in honesty that they pass me as an idle wind, which I respect not!” (Bradbury 119). Cassius is a character in Shakespeare’s Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Referring to another piece of literature is an example of

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Allusion

12.

What kind of figurative language does Captain Beatty use in the quote, “There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats, for I am arm’d so strong in honesty that they pass me as an idle wind” (Bradbury 119)?

a)

metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Hyperbole

13.

What is the purpose of the figurative language in the quote: “There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats, for I am arm’d so strong in honesty that they pass me as an idle wind” (Bradbury 119)?

a)

Compare Montag to Cassius (the traitor)

b)

Compare Montag’s threats to an empty wind

c)

All the above

14.

Who called the FIRST alarm for Montag’s house?

a)

Mildred’s friends

b)

Mildred

c)

Captain Beatty

d)

Faber

15.

Why did Montag kill Beatty?

a)

Captain Beatty wanted to die

b)

Montag went crazy because his house was on fire

c)

Montag didn’t want Captain Beatty to burn any more books

d)

Captain Beatty found out about the radio transmitter and threatened to find out who was on the other end

16.

How many books did Montag find in his backyard

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

17.

What does Faber mean when he says, “There’s lots of old Harvard degrees on the track between here and Los Angeles”?

a)

There are many abandoned paper degrees littering the train tracks

b)

There are many educated people who have sought refuge from the city along the train tracks

c)

A person needs to go to Harvard before they can go to Los Angeles.

d)

There are many firefighters who live in the railroad tracks and like to burn Harvard degrees

18.

Why does Montag try to cover up his scent?

a)

He smells like fire and smoke

b)

He hasn’t showered In days

c)

He smells of whiskey

d)

To get away from the mechanical hound

19.

How do the men down by the river try to preserve literature?

a)

They memorize a book and then burn it

b)

The keep a secret stash of books buried by the river

c)

They read a book and copy it down on paper

d)

They copy a book down on microfiche

20.

What happens to the city in the end?

a)

It is rebuilt from the ashes

b)

It is destroyed by teenagers

c)

It is destroyed by war