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Fahrenheit 451 Questions

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Guy Montag's job?

a)

Firefighter

b)

Army General

c)

Fireman

d)

Police Officer

2.

In The Hearth and the Salamander, what smelled like perfume to Guy Montag?

a)

Gasoline

b)

Kerosene

c)

Premium Gas

d)

Ethanol

3.

What is the name of Montag's wife?

a)

Clarisse

b)

Montag

c)

Beatty

d)

Mildred

4.

What is the name of the robotic animal that was programmed to hunt and kill. What is the name of the animal?

a)

Hound

b)

German Shepard

c)

Pig

d)

Bird

5.

Who is the author of the book?

a)

J.K. Rowling

b)

Ray Bradbury

c)

Nick Petrie

d)

Mike Lupica

6.

What is the point of Guy Montag's job?

a)

Find books and hide them

b)

Examine books

c)

Find books and burn them

7.

What nearly led to Mildred's death?

a)

Drug Overdose

b)

Cyanide Pills

c)

Depression

8.

What was Mildred begging Guy Montag to buy for the wall?

a)

A 4th television

b)

Pictures

c)

A window

d)

Pool Table

9.

Who is Guy Montag's boss?

a)

His father

b)

Clarisse

c)

Captain Beatty

d)

Mildred

10.

In how many parts is the novel divided?

a)

3

b)

5

c)

4

d)

6

11.

When Guy Montag is in the old lady's attic, what does he take?

a)

Money

b)

A book

c)

A picture

d)

Jewelry

12.

How do Clarisse and Montag meet?

a)

At a restaurant

b)

While Montag walks home

c)

At a store

d)

At the zoo

13.

What is Guy Montag afraid that Captain Beatty will find when he visits?

a)

The book he stole from the old lady's house

b)

Confidential files from the police

c)

Stolen Jewelry

14.

What is the name of the second part of the story?

a)

Hearth and the Salamander

b)

Burning Bright

c)

Sieve and the Sand

15.

What is the name of the third part of the story?

a)

Burning Bright

b)

Hearth and the Salamander

c)

Sieve and the Sand

16.

Who is Faber?

a)

Retired English Teacher

b)

Retired Army General

17.

Why does Montag go to Professor Faber?

a)

So he can make a copy of the stolen book before he returned the original to Captain Beatty

b)

So they can study the bible

c)

So they can party

d)

So they can play video games

18.

What was the plan that Faber and Guy Montag came up with?

a)

Kill all the firemen

b)

plant books in firemen's houses

c)

turn themselves in

19.

What was Montag going in order to do to convince Faber to help carry out the plan?

a)

He would destroy his book, page by page until Faber would cooperate

b)

Kill his family

c)

Leave the house and act like he doesn't know him

20.

What did Faber design that would allow him to be in contact with Montag?

a)

An electronic radio transmitter could be placed in his ear

b)

A walkie-talkie

c)

A phone

21.

Where did Montag hide his books after the ladies left?

a)

In the attic

b)

In the backyard

c)

In the pool

d)

Behind the TV

22.

Where did Montag go after he killed Beatty?

a)

His house

b)

House of Faber

c)

Clarisse House

d)

Under the sewers

23.

Describe Clarisse

a)

She is a young girl who likes to think and talk

b)

She is a young girl who does not think and talk

c)

She is a young girl who works for the government

d)

She is a young girl who is an entrepreneur

24.

How did Clarisse die?

a)

Suicide

b)

Speeding Car

c)

Homicide

d)

Starvation

25.

Who killed Clarisse?

a)

Zodiac Killer

b)

Beatty

c)

It remains unknown

d)

Guy Montag

e)

Professor Faber

26.

How many wars had started and had been won before 2022?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

e)

1

27.

What were the parlor walls?

a)

television with which the audience could interact

b)

television that had only news channels

c)

a Nintendo product

28.

What piece of literature did Guy Montag manage to memorize?

a)

Macbeth

b)

Hamlet

c)

Book of Ecclesiastes

d)

Romeo and Juliet

29.

Why does Mildred want the fourth wall?

a)

So she can take notes on the news

b)

So she can sleep while she watches TV

c)

So she can surround herself with the television world

30.

How old is Clarisse?

a)

35

b)

19

c)

17

d)

40

31.

How old was Guy Montag when he first started out as a fireman?

a)

30

b)

20

c)

17

d)

40

e)

16

32.

Who is the main antagonist in the story?

a)

Mildred

b)

Professor Faber

c)

Guy Montag

d)

Captain Beatty

e)

Clarisse

33.

How did the firemen know which houses had books?

a)

Neighbors, family members, and friends telephoned the authorities

b)

Firemen would ask them personally

c)

Guy Montag told them

34.

Do Mildred and Guy Montag have children?

a)

Yes

b)

No

35.

What did the old woman do?

a)

She lit the match and then committed suicide

b)

Get arrested

c)

Turn herself in

d)

Jump off a bridge

36.

What did Captain Beatty believe about books?

a)

He believed that books put upsetting thoughts in people's minds

b)

He believed that books put positive thoughts in people's minds

c)

He believed that books put anxious thoughts in people's minds

37.

What type of government does the book take place in?

a)

Democratic

b)

Dystopian

c)

Absolute Monarchy

d)

Utopian

38.

In what year was Fahrenheit 451 written?

a)

1953

b)

1969

c)

1955

d)

1912

e)

1945

39.

When does Guy Montag remember meeting Professor Faber?

a)

At a coffee shop

b)

At a book shop

c)

At a park

d)

At a restaurant

e)

At a sports event

40.

Who was the final informant on Montag's home?

a)

Clarisse

b)

Mildred

c)

Captain Beatty

41.

Why does Mildred constantly take pills?

a)

she is in great pain and that her obsession with television is a means to avoid confronting her life

b)

she is in no pain and has no addiction to television

c)

She never takes any pills

42.

According to the text, Books are like the Tower of ___ because they don't make sense.

a)

Babel

b)

Pisa

c)

Eiffel

43.

When Montag left Faber's house, which direction did he go?

a)

He headed for the river

b)

He headed for the airport

c)

He headed for his house

44.

What was the name of the commercial on the train that Montag was getting annoyed with?

a)

Crest White Strips

b)

Denhams Dentifrice

c)

Colgate

45.

What lie did Captain Beatty tell Montag?

a)

That fireman always started fires

b)

That fireman never started fires

c)

That fireman fought fires

46.

Who killed Captain Beatty?

a)

Guy Montag

b)

Mildred

c)

Clarisse

d)

Professor Faber

e)

The Mechanical Hound

47.

What does the mechanical hound inject Guy Montag with?

a)

Morphine

b)

Anesthetics

c)

COVID-19 Vaccine

d)

Measles Vaccine

48.

What does the Salamander represent?

a)

immortality, rebirth, passion, and the ability to withstand flames

b)

death

c)

the government

d)

the firemen

49.

Montag identified something he saw in his travels as a path to safety. What was it?

a)

railroad tracks

b)

hotels

c)

highways

d)

river trails

50.

What was different about the hobos Montag met?

a)

They were smart

b)

They were undercover cops

c)

They worked for Captain Beatty

d)

They worked for the government