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WorksheetsF-451
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 1hrs 19mins
Which passage is the best example of Paine’s use of direct evidence to support an argument?
“These are the times that try men’s souls”
“The heart that feels not now is dead”
“ ‘show your faith by your works,’ that God may bless you.”
“Britain, with an army to enforce her tyranny, has declared that she has a right (not only to TAX) but "to BIND us in ALL CASES WHATSOEVER"
Clarisse’s main purpose in the plot is to…
to cause Montag to stop loving Mildred
to cause Montag to question the values of society
to commit suicide for her beliefs
to represent the cycle of events societies follow
What was Montag’s internal conflict throughout the novel?
An attempt to find out what happened to Clarisse
He tried to memorize the Bible
Whether or not he wanted to go to war
A struggle to understand knowledge and individuality
Which statement is true about the following passage: “Montag walked to the kitchen and threw the book down. “Montag,” she said, “you’re really stupid. Where do we go from here? Do we turn the books in, forget it?” He opened the book to read over Mildred’s laughter. Poor Millie, he thought. Poor Montag, it’s mud to you too. But where do you get help, where do you find a teacher this late?”
Montag is acting sympathetic toward Mildred; he feels guilty for rejecting Mildred and feels bad that her love for him is without equal.
Montage pities Mildred for being too unwilling to break society’s rules, but realizes that he himself is no better off since, he, too, doesn’t understand the wisdom that books offer.
Montag is angry because he cannot concentrate or hear himself think while Mildred is laughing aloud while watching her parlor TV show.
Montag loses his temper because Mildred, despite his insistence, refuses to teach Montag what she knows about literature.
How do Granger and his group plan to preserve knowledge contained in books?
They replicate the text from books in secret code that no one else knows.
They will then teach other people how to read this code and pass on the books.
Each member of their group chooses a book, then learns it by heart. After that the book is burned and knowledge passed down verbally from one generation to the next.
They plan to murder to murder all the firemen so that no more books can be burned, and they can freely teach what they know
They have hidden shelters all over the country where books are stored for a time when they are appreciated again and can be taught.
William Shakespeare said in Julius Caesar Act II, scene 2, lines 32-33, “Cowards die many times before their deaths. The valiant never taste of death but once”. What character from F-451 would have strongly agreed with this?
Montag
Mildred
Faber
The mechanical hound
Novelist Ernest Hemingway once wrote,“There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter” (brainyquote.com). Who would have agreed with this?
The Mechanical Hound
Montag
Beatty
Mildred
Granger
Best known for helping to develop modern atomic theory, scientist John Dalton wrote, “It is the right idea but not the right time” (brainyquote.com). Who would have agreed?
Faber
The Hound
Beatty
Montag
Granger
Classical pianist Arthur Rubenstein once said, “I have found that if you love life, life will love you back” (brainyquote.com).
Clarisse
Montag
Faber
Granger
Beatty
In Disney’s film The Pirates of the Caribbean Governor Swan muses, “"Perhaps on the rare occasion pursuing the right course demands an act of piracy, piracy itself can be the right course?" Who would have agreed?
Mildred
Montag
Faber
Granger
Beatty
Why now people had to stretch the billboard to two-hundred-foot-long?
Because cars rushed by the billboards so quickly that drivers might miss the billboard if that was too short.
Due to the development in the media, increasing information forced people to stretch the billboard.
When Clarisse asks, Montag says that Fireman have always...
burned books with kerosene
extinguished fires with water
valued books
kept homes from burning down
What does Clarisse make Montag realize about himself?
He is not skinny.
He is not happy.
He is not smart.
He is not fit to live.
Why does Montag feel close to Clarisse?
They grew up together.
They went to the same school.
They are married.
She is the only person he talks to.
Why aren't the medics concerned by Mildred's behavior?
She is old.
She is poor.
She is a woman.
She is normal.
The men came into _________________ and pumped __________________.
Montag's house / Mildred's stomach
Montags' house / Mildred's stomach
Montags house / Mildreds stomach
Montag's house / Mildreds' stomach
Which of the following are true?
Montag sleeps with his wife
Montag does not sleep with his wife
Montag's room is sound proof to outside sounds
Montag's room holds sound from earbuds
Which of the following are true?
Montag messaged the ambulance
the men who pumped Mildred's stomach were doctors
Montag thinks of Clarisse as a mirror to his wife
many people in the novel's world have overdosed
Which of the following would be a good thesis statement about this novel?
Yes, Montag does like to talk to Clarisse.
Montag likes talking with the character Clarisse because she makes him think, listens as he speaks, and makes him feel happy.
Clarisse talks a lot to Montag even though he needs to get home to check on his wife.
Clarisse is a character who thoroughly enjoys the world: she walks outdoors, she talks with people she meets, and she thinks more deeply about situations.
After killing Beatty, who does Montag visit while on his way to Faber's house?
He visits the home of a firefighter to plant books and call in an alarm.
He visits Clarisse at her new house.
He visits Mildred at her new house.
He visits Beatty's wife to apologize for killing her husband.
Why does Montag stop by Faber's house while he is on the run from the new Mechanical Hound?
To get a drink of water.
To hide for the next 2 years.
To give him money for the printer.
To watch the big game.
While on the run from the second Mechanical Hound, how does Montag manage to eliminate his scent?
He sprays a lot of cologne on his clothes.
He rolls around in the mud to cover his scent.
He wears Beatty's clothes to trick the hound.
He jumps in the river to let it carry him and his scent away.
Where does Faber suggest that Montag go to avoid being captured?
Back to his house to hide.
The country to hide with other outcasts.
To Clarisse's abandoned home to hide.
Downtown in the city to hide.
What does Montag do right before jumping in the river to escape the Mechanical Hound?
He prays for forgiveness.
He calls Mildred to tell her he is sorry.
He reads one last book before burning it to ashes.
He puts on Faber's clothes to cover up his own scent.
