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WorksheetsF451: The Hearth and The Salamander
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 2mins
"The Mechanical Hound slept but did not sleep, lived but did not live in its gently humming, gently vibrating, softly illuminated kennel back in a dark corner of the firehouse." What impression does this give of the MH?
vigilant
spooky
robotic
cute
Which quote makes it seem as if Montag does not like who Mildred is?
Her cheeks were very pink and her lips were very fresh and full of color and they looked soft and relaxed. Someone else’s blood there.
If only they could have taken her mind along to the dry cleaner’s and emptied the pockets and steamed and cleansed it and reblocked it and brought it back in the morning. If only . . .
Only an hour, but the word had melted down and sprung up in a new and colorless form.
The bloodstream in this woman was new and it seemed to have done a new thing to her
“Got to clean ’em out both ways,” said the operator, standing over the silent woman. “No use getting the stomach if you don’t clean the blood. Leave that stuff in the blood and the blood hits the brain like a mallet, bang, a couple thousand times and the brain just gives up, just quits.” What does this quote highlight about the workers?
bored
tired
callous
insensitive
“All of those chemical balances and percentages on all of us here in the house are recorded in the master file downstairs. It would be easy for someone to set up a partial combination on the Hound’s ‘memory,’ a touch of amino acids, perhaps. That would account for what the animal did just now. Reacted toward me.” What is Montag trying to do here?
Explain how MH worked
Plant the idea of MH being sabotaged against him
Confess wrongdoings to Beatty
Which quote shows how intrinsically linked Montag is with the firemen's beliefs?
“So many people are. Afraid of firemen, I mean. But you’re just a man, after all. . . .”
Kerosene,” he said, because the silence had lengthened, “is nothing but perfume to me.”
“What—the smell of kerosene? My wife always complains,” he laughed. “You never wash it off completely.”
“Do you mind if I ask? How long’ve you worked at being a fireman?”
'Well, wasn’t there a wall between him and Mildred, when you came down to it? Literally not just one wall but, so far, three! And expensive, too!' What were the walls in reference to?
house walls
Distance between him and Mildred
parlor walls
"Montag placed his hand on the woman’s elbow. “You can come with me."
What does this highlight about Montag's character?
His kindness
His worry
His rebellion
“I’m still crazy. The rain feels good. I love to walk in it.” What does this exchange highlight?
Clarisse's emotional maturity
Clarisse's affinity for nature
Montag's affinity for nature
Montag's changing views
'She had both ears plugged with electronic bees that were humming the hour away.'
Which theme does this quote fall under?
Social Conformity & Governmental Control
Knowledge and Ignorance
Technology and Mass Media
Modernisation, Dissatisfaction, Violence
“It doesn’t like me,” said Montag.
Why does the Hound not like Montag?
he smells bad
he is afraid of the hound
the hound suspects him of wrongdoing
the hound knows he talks to clarisse
“Once upon a time!” Beatty said. “What kind of talk is that?”
Why is Beatty confused?
it was not a common phrase
he had read books like that before
it was not how Montag usually spoke
it sounds like a book opening
