WorksheetsF451 2nd Half Review
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 42mins
quality of information, the ability to act, and peace and harmony
quality of information, leisure time to digest information, and the ability to act
Which of the following BEST describes how the society feels about their kids?
They love them unconditionally
They don't raise them, and send them to boarding school
They want to have as many of them as possible
They want to spoil them as much as possible
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."
She's a free spirit that does whatever she wants.
She does not seem to care about other people.
She has a great marriage and cares much for her husband.
She is a very emotional person, worried about her husband.
What does Montag say to Mrs. Bowles?
He describes all the bad things in her life that she has done and he makes her cry.
He tells her that she is going to be shipped off to join the army.
He tells her to read a book.
He tells her she is the only person he believes will understand books.
What does Beatty demand of Montag after the alarm sends them to Montag's house?
Burn the Mechanical hound.
Burn Mildred.
Burn all of his books.
Burn Faber.
Which two characters are eliminated with a flame thrower by Montag?
Clarisse and Mildred
Faber and Beatty
Mechanical Hound and Mildred
Beatty and a Mechanical Hound
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.
Montag feels guilty for killing Beatty because he realizes that
Beatty was a true friend that was trying to keep him from making a mistake.
The government wanted Montag to kill Beatty.
Mildred hated Montag and Beatty had told him all along to get a divorce.
Beatty was agitating him because wanted to die.
Why does Montag burn the book of poetry?
He was desperate enough to do anything to save his relationship with his wife.
He didn't like the poems. He though they weren't worth saving.
He was addicted to the feelings of pain/pleasure that he got from burning books.
He had been told to do so by Faber, through the transmitter, to show the ladies he was playing a joke on them.
Vocabulary: to light up
illumine
manifest
smoldering
pedant
Why didn't Montag run away before he killed Captain Beatty?
He wanted to stay and watch his house and books burn totally into ashes.
Faber told him to stay where he was.
He wanted to make sure Mildred was safe.
He knew that the mechanical hound was in the neighborhood and would kill him.
VOCAB - This adjective describes nouns which carry out things in a gradual but harmful way.
stagnant
insidious
feigning
bestial
Now that society has been destroyed at the end of the novel, what will happen next?
humanity will have another chance to build a meaningful society
the firemen will get justice and society will not change.
humanity is doomed forever.
humanity will get a chance to think for themselves and ruin it again
What caused Montag to change? (Select 3.)
His conversations with Clarisse
His experience with the old woman at the fire call
His marriage to Mildred
His friendship with Beatty
His experience reading a book
What big ideas does Ray Bradbury
develop in Fahrenheit 451? (Select 3.)
censorship
knowledge vs ignorance
individuality vs. conformity
benefits of technology
importance of family
Where do the group of hobos and Montag head towards at the end of the novel?
back to the city
deeper into the woods
to a foreign country
Which of the following is the MOST LIKELY inference of why Mrs. Phelps (Clara) starts crying after hearing the poem.
She is probably thinking about her children and how terribly she treats them.
She is probably thinking about her husband and the "cold" things that she just said about him.
Why do Granger and his group not get into trouble with the law?
They don't possess books. They only memorize them.
They are too good at hiding. They are never caught.
They beat up all of the authorities that come into their camp.
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.
"The three empty walls of the room were like the pale brows of sleeping giants now, empty of dreams."
Vocabulary: Someone who takes the blame for the mistake of another.
irreverent
ostracize
affable
scapegoat
Montag's choice to read the poem "Dover Beach" to Mildred and her friends resulted in what major event?
Mildred and her friends cry because Montag is making them miss their favorite show, The White Clown.
Mildred decides to join Montag in reading books to understand them better.
The women report him to the Firemen because he has shown them that he has books.
Montag realizes that poetry is confusing and decides that burning the poem is better than reading it.
Who, surprisingly, turns Montag in for possessing books?
Mildred
Faber
Beatty
Clarisse
The Mechanical Hound injects Montag in the....
leg
neck
abdomen
arm
What is Mildred's main concern as she runs out of the house to the waiting cab?
Her husband
Her television family
The books
Her pills
Where did Montag hide his books after the ladies left?
He hid them in his attic, above the heat/air conditioning vent.
He hid them behind a false wall he had previously built in his apartment for such a time.
He hid them in his backyard.
He hid them in the firehouse.
