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WorksheetsFahrenheit 451 Questions
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
What is Guy Montag's job?
Firefighter
Army General
Fireman
Police Officer
In The Hearth and the Salamander, what smelled like perfume to Guy Montag?
Gasoline
Kerosene
Premium Gas
Ethanol
What is the name of Montag's wife?
Clarisse
Montag
Beatty
Mildred
What is the name of the robotic animal that was programmed to hunt and kill. What is the name of the animal?
Hound
German Shepard
Pig
Bird
Who is the author of the book?
J.K. Rowling
Ray Bradbury
Nick Petrie
Mike Lupica
What is the point of Guy Montag's job?
Find books and hide them
Examine books
Find books and burn them
What nearly led to Mildred's death?
Drug Overdose
Cyanide Pills
Depression
What was Mildred begging Guy Montag to buy for the wall?
A 4th television
Pictures
A window
Pool Table
Who is Guy Montag's boss?
His father
Clarisse
Captain Beatty
Mildred
In how many parts is the novel divided?
3
5
4
6
When Guy Montag is in the old lady's attic, what does he take?
Money
A book
A picture
Jewelry
How do Clarisse and Montag meet?
At a restaurant
While Montag walks home
At a store
At the zoo
What is Guy Montag afraid that Captain Beatty will find when he visits?
The book he stole from the old lady's house
Confidential files from the police
Stolen Jewelry
What is the name of the second part of the story?
Hearth and the Salamander
Burning Bright
Sieve and the Sand
What is the name of the third part of the story?
Burning Bright
Hearth and the Salamander
Sieve and the Sand
Who is Faber?
Retired English Teacher
Retired Army General
Why does Montag go to Professor Faber?
So he can make a copy of the stolen book before he returned the original to Captain Beatty
So they can study the bible
So they can party
So they can play video games
What was the plan that Faber and Guy Montag came up with?
Kill all the firemen
plant books in firemen's houses
turn themselves in
What was Montag going in order to do to convince Faber to help carry out the plan?
He would destroy his book, page by page until Faber would cooperate
Kill his family
Leave the house and act like he doesn't know him
What did Faber design that would allow him to be in contact with Montag?
An electronic radio transmitter could be placed in his ear
A walkie-talkie
A phone
Where did Montag hide his books after the ladies left?
In the attic
In the backyard
In the pool
Behind the TV
Where did Montag go after he killed Beatty?
His house
House of Faber
Clarisse House
Under the sewers
Describe Clarisse
She is a young girl who likes to think and talk
She is a young girl who does not think and talk
She is a young girl who works for the government
She is a young girl who is an entrepreneur
How did Clarisse die?
Suicide
Speeding Car
Homicide
Starvation
Who killed Clarisse?
Zodiac Killer
Beatty
It remains unknown
Guy Montag
Professor Faber
How many wars had started and had been won before 2022?
2
3
4
5
1
What were the parlor walls?
television with which the audience could interact
television that had only news channels
a Nintendo product
What piece of literature did Guy Montag manage to memorize?
Macbeth
Hamlet
Book of Ecclesiastes
Romeo and Juliet
Why does Mildred want the fourth wall?
So she can take notes on the news
So she can sleep while she watches TV
So she can surround herself with the television world
How old is Clarisse?
35
19
17
40
How old was Guy Montag when he first started out as a fireman?
30
20
17
40
16
Who is the main antagonist in the story?
Mildred
Professor Faber
Guy Montag
Captain Beatty
Clarisse
How did the firemen know which houses had books?
Neighbors, family members, and friends telephoned the authorities
Firemen would ask them personally
Guy Montag told them
Do Mildred and Guy Montag have children?
Yes
No
What did the old woman do?
She lit the match and then committed suicide
Get arrested
Turn herself in
Jump off a bridge
What did Captain Beatty believe about books?
He believed that books put upsetting thoughts in people's minds
He believed that books put positive thoughts in people's minds
He believed that books put anxious thoughts in people's minds
What type of government does the book take place in?
Democratic
Dystopian
Absolute Monarchy
Utopian
In what year was Fahrenheit 451 written?
1953
1969
1955
1912
1945
When does Guy Montag remember meeting Professor Faber?
At a coffee shop
At a book shop
At a park
At a restaurant
At a sports event
Who was the final informant on Montag's home?
Clarisse
Mildred
Captain Beatty
Why does Mildred constantly take pills?
she is in great pain and that her obsession with television is a means to avoid confronting her life
she is in no pain and has no addiction to television
She never takes any pills
According to the text, Books are like the Tower of ___ because they don't make sense.
Babel
Pisa
Eiffel
When Montag left Faber's house, which direction did he go?
He headed for the river
He headed for the airport
He headed for his house
What was the name of the commercial on the train that Montag was getting annoyed with?
Crest White Strips
Denhams Dentifrice
Colgate
What lie did Captain Beatty tell Montag?
That fireman always started fires
That fireman never started fires
That fireman fought fires
Who killed Captain Beatty?
Guy Montag
Mildred
Clarisse
Professor Faber
The Mechanical Hound
What does the mechanical hound inject Guy Montag with?
Morphine
Anesthetics
COVID-19 Vaccine
Measles Vaccine
What does the Salamander represent?
immortality, rebirth, passion, and the ability to withstand flames
death
the government
the firemen
Montag identified something he saw in his travels as a path to safety. What was it?
railroad tracks
hotels
highways
river trails
What was different about the hobos Montag met?
They were smart
They were undercover cops
They worked for Captain Beatty
They worked for the government
