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F451 2nd Half Review

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who said the following quote: “There must be something in books, things we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there.  You don’t stay for nothing.”
a)
Beatty
b)
Clarisse
c)
Faber
d)
Montag
2.
Who said the following quote: “She’s nothing to me; she shouldn’t have had books! It was her responsibility; she should’ve thought of that. I hate her.”
a)
Mildred
b)
Clarisse
c)
Montag
d)
Beatt
3.
Who said the following quote: Oh, just my mother and father and uncle sitting around, talking.  It’s like being a pedestrian, only rarer.  My uncle was arrested another time – did I tell you? – for being a pedestrian.  Oh, we’re most peculiar.”
a)
Faber
b)
Beatty
c)
Clarisse
d)
Mildred
4.
Who said the following quote: “If you put it in your ear … I can sit comfortably home, warming my frightened bones, and hear and analyze the firemen’s world, find its weaknesses without danger. I’m the Queen Bee, safe in the hive. You will be the drone, the traveling ear.”
a)
Montag
b)
Faber
c)
Beatty
d)
Clarisse
5.
Beatty recounts his dream of a furious debate on books with Montag in order to
a)
confuse and browbeat Montag
b)
justify allowing the old woman to burn with her books
c)
convince Montag to turn over the owner of the ear piece
d)
signal to Black and Stoneman to keep an eye on Montag during the drill
6.
According to Faber, what three things are missing in society that books hold?
a)
quality of information, people who want to grow, and the ability to act
b)
leisure time to digest information, the ability to act, and peace and harmony
c)

quality of information, the ability to act, and peace and harmony
d)

quality of information, leisure time to digest information, and the ability to act
7.
What is the plan that the television announcer broadcasts to the entire city (directions given from the police) to help catch the fugitive?
a)
Turn off the tvs and walk on the street to help look for him
b)
Watch the man hunt and do not interfere with the chase
c)
Open their windows and listen for footsteps
d)
Open their back doors and look outside
8.

Which of the following BEST describes how the society feels about their kids?

a)

They love them unconditionally

b)

They don't raise them, and send them to boarding school

c)

They want to have as many of them as possible

d)

They want to spoil them as much as possible

9.
Who is Granger?
a)
a friend of Beatty's
b)
Montag's cousin
c)
a leader of the hobo intellectuals
d)
a fugitive from a foreign country
10.

What does the following quote reveal about Mildred's friend, Mrs. Phelps?


"Anyway, Pete and I always said, no tears, nothing like that. It's our third marriage each and we're independent. Be independent, we always said. He said, if I get killed off, you just go right ahead and don't cry, but get married again, and don't think of me."

a)

She's a free spirit that does whatever she wants.

b)

She does not seem to care about other people.

c)

She has a great marriage and cares much for her husband.

d)

She is a very emotional person, worried about her husband.

11.

What does Montag say to Mrs. Bowles?

a)

He describes all the bad things in her life that she has done and he makes her cry.

b)

He tells her that she is going to be shipped off to join the army.

c)

He tells her to read a book.

d)

He tells her she is the only person he believes will understand books.

12.

What does Beatty demand of Montag after the alarm sends them to Montag's house?

a)

Burn the Mechanical hound.

b)

Burn Mildred.

c)

Burn all of his books.

d)

Burn Faber.

13.

Which two characters are eliminated with a flame thrower by Montag?

a)

Clarisse and Mildred

b)

Faber and Beatty

c)

Mechanical Hound and Mildred

d)

Beatty and a Mechanical Hound

14.

After killing Beatty, who does Montag visit while on his way to Faber's house?

a)

He visits the home of a firefighter to plant books and call in an alarm.

b)

He visits Clarisse at her new house.

c)

He visits Mildred at her new house.

d)

He visits Beatty's wife to apologize for killing her husband.

15.
Montag kills Beatty because he has threatened
a)
Faber
b)
Mildred
c)
Montag
d)
Granger
16.

Montag feels guilty for killing Beatty because he realizes that

a)

Beatty was a true friend that was trying to keep him from making a mistake.

b)

The government wanted Montag to kill Beatty.

c)

Mildred hated Montag and Beatty had told him all along to get a divorce.

d)

Beatty was agitating him because wanted to die.

17.
After a car filled with young adults tried to run over Montag, what did he think about?
a)
They were not old enough to drive.
b)
The car was driven by robots.
c)
The same car probably killed Clarisse.
d)
He needed to take the car from them.
18.

Why does Montag burn the book of poetry?

a)

He was desperate enough to do anything to save his relationship with his wife.

b)

He didn't like the poems. He though they weren't worth saving.

c)

He was addicted to the feelings of pain/pleasure that he got from burning books.

d)

He had been told to do so by Faber, through the transmitter, to show the ladies he was playing a joke on them.

19.

Vocabulary: to light up

a)

illumine

b)

manifest

c)

smoldering

d)

pedant

20.

Why didn't Montag run away before he killed Captain Beatty?

a)

He wanted to stay and watch his house and books burn totally into ashes.

b)

Faber told him to stay where he was.

c)

He wanted to make sure Mildred was safe.

d)

He knew that the mechanical hound was in the neighborhood and would kill him.

21.

VOCAB - This adjective describes nouns which carry out things in a gradual but harmful way.

a)

stagnant

b)

insidious

c)

feigning

d)

bestial

22.

Now that society has been destroyed at the end of the novel, what will happen next?

a)

humanity will have another chance to build a meaningful society

b)

the firemen will get justice and society will not change.

c)

humanity is doomed forever.

d)

humanity will get a chance to think for themselves and ruin it again

23.

What caused Montag to change? (Select 3.)

a)

His conversations with Clarisse

b)

His experience with the old woman at the fire call

c)

His marriage to Mildred

d)

His friendship with Beatty

e)

His experience reading a book

24.

What big ideas does Ray Bradbury

develop in Fahrenheit 451? (Select 3.)

a)

censorship

b)

knowledge vs ignorance

c)

individuality vs. conformity

d)

benefits of technology

e)

importance of family

25.

Where do the group of hobos and Montag head towards at the end of the novel?

a)

back to the city

b)

deeper into the woods

c)

to a foreign country

26.
How are mankind the the phoenix similiar, according to Granger?
a)
We both destroy ourselves and then "rebuild"
b)
We are both stupid
c)
We can both fly
d)
We are both highly intelligent
27.
How does Mrs. Bowles feel about her children?
a)
She hates them.
b)
She finds them to be a burden and a chore
c)
She loves them unconditionally.
d)
She doesn't have any
28.

Which of the following is the MOST LIKELY inference of why Mrs. Phelps (Clara) starts crying after hearing the poem.

a)

She is probably thinking about her children and how terribly she treats them.

b)

She is probably thinking about her husband and the "cold" things that she just said about him.

29.
The men at the river....
a)
were scholars, professors, intellectuals, etc.
b)
memorize books to remember them
c)
burn books after the memorize them
d)
all of the above
30.

Why do Granger and his group not get into trouble with the law?

a)

They don't possess books. They only memorize them.

b)

They are too good at hiding. They are never caught.

c)

They beat up all of the authorities that come into their camp.

31.

What does Montag do right before jumping in the river to escape the Mechanical Hound?

a)

He prays for forgiveness.

b)

He calls Mildred to tell her he is sorry.

c)

He reads one last book before burning it to ashes.

d)

He puts on Faber's clothes to cover up his own scent.

32.
What does Montag decide to do since the "sun burnt every day"?
a)
Keep burning, too
b)
Stop burning
c)
Hide from the sun
d)
Curse the sun
33.
What does Montag remember as the city is destroyed?
a)
Clarisse's face the las time he saw her. 
b)
Where he and Mildred met. 
c)
He left the last copy of the Bible at Faber's house. 
d)
He never told Mildred goodbye.
34.
The following is an example of what literary device?
"The three empty walls of the room were like the pale brows of sleeping giants now, empty of dreams."
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
personification
35.
The manhunt for Montag ends when
a)
Montag is arrested.
b)
an innocent man is killed to make the manhunt look successful.
c)
Montag escapes to the river and is hidden by the men in the woods.
d)
Montag is killed.
36.

Vocabulary: Someone who takes the blame for the mistake of another.

a)

irreverent

b)

ostracize

c)

affable

d)

scapegoat

37.

Montag's choice to read the poem "Dover Beach" to Mildred and her friends resulted in what major event?

a)

Mildred and her friends cry because Montag is making them miss their favorite show, The White Clown.

b)

Mildred decides to join Montag in reading books to understand them better.

c)

The women report him to the Firemen because he has shown them that he has books.

d)

Montag realizes that poetry is confusing and decides that burning the poem is better than reading it.

38.

Who, surprisingly, turns Montag in for possessing books?

a)

Mildred

b)

Faber

c)

Beatty

d)

Clarisse

39.

The Mechanical Hound injects Montag in the....

a)

leg

b)

neck

c)

abdomen

d)

arm

40.

What is Mildred's main concern as she runs out of the house to the waiting cab?

a)

Her husband

b)

Her television family

c)

The books

d)

Her pills

41.
What did Montag do before he went to Faber's house?
a)
Hid the books in an old abandoned library.
b)
He visited Mildred at her parent's house.
c)
He went to the fire station to get the book he gave to Beatty.
d)
He went to Black's house to plant books and alert the firemen.
42.

Where did Montag hide his books after the ladies left?

a)

He hid them in his attic, above the heat/air conditioning vent.

b)

He hid them behind a false wall he had previously built in his apartment for such a time.

c)

He hid them in his backyard.

d)

He hid them in the firehouse.