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Fahrenheit 451 Final Test

Total questions: 76

Worksheet time: 1hrs 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the significance of the title Fahrenheit 451?
a)
It is the maximum temperature of most ovens.
b)
It is the temperature at which germanium melts.
c)
It is the temperature at which paper ignites and burns.
d)
It is the temperature at which an Easy-Bake oven self-destructs.
2.
Which of Clarisse’s relatives influenced her the most?
a)
Her mother
b)
Her father
c)
Her uncle
d)
Her grandfather
3.
What was the occupation of Granger’s grandfather?
a)
Fireman
b)
Sculptor
c)
Race-car Driver
d)
Senator
4.
Which of the following Shakespeare tragedies does Beatty quote immediately before his death?
a)
Hamlet
b)
Macbeth
c)
Othello
d)
Julius Caesar
5.
What animal metaphor does Montag use to describe the stomach pump and blood-replacement machine used on Mildred?
a)
Hound
b)
Fish
c)
Salamander
d)

Snake

6.
What is the name of the toothpaste advertised on the subway?
a)
Crain’s Crest
b)
Finchman’s Fluoride Wonder
c)
Abel’s AquaFresh
d)
Denham’s Dentifrice
7.
What does Montag follow to reach the Book People in the country?
a)
The river and the railroad tracks
b)
The river and the highway
c)
The river and the cowpath
d)
The artery tunnel and the highway
8.
Who has to see a psychiatrist for mental problems?
a)
Mildred is forced
b)
Clarisse is forced 
c)
Clarisse's uncle is forced
d)
Montag forces Beatty
9.

What two events make Montag realize that he needs to change his life?

a)
A woman chooses to burn with her books and Clarisse dies
b)

Clarisse moves away and a woman refuses to give up her books

c)
A neighbor reports Clarisse's books and Clarisse kills herself
d)
His wife betrays him and Clarisse is there to comfort him
10.
What is the first thing Faber mentions is missing from people's lives?
a)
Money.
b)
Quality information.
c)
A College Education.
d)
Books.
11.
What is the second thing Faber says people are missing in their lives?
a)
Examination.
b)
School.
c)
Leisure time.
d)
Protests.
12.
What is the third thing Faber states is missing?
a)
Freedom to pursue dreams.
b)
Freedom to move and travel around the world.
c)
Freedom to act without fear.
d)
Freedom of religion. 
13.
What does Faber do for Montag to help him to talk to Beatty?
a)
Prepares his speech for him.
b)
Goes to the firehouse with Montag to speak with Beatty
c)
Gives him an earpiece so that Faber can speak to Montag at all times.
d)
Refuses to help Montag.
14.
Identify Mildred's "Family."
a)
Montag
b)
The Firemen
c)
Television Actors
d)
Her Circle of Friends
15.

Who turned Montag in for possessing books?

a)

Mildred

b)

Faber

c)

Beatty

d)

Clarisse

16.

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 Mechanical Hound

17.

The Mechanical Hound injects Montag in the....

a)

leg

b)

neck

c)

abdomen

d)

arm

18.

Why does Montag stop by Faber's house while he is on the run from the new Mechanical Hound?

a)

To get a drink of water.

b)

To hide for the next 2 years.

c)

To give him money for the printer.

d)

To watch the big game.

19.

Where does Faber suggest that Montag go to avoid being captured?

a)

Back to his house to hide.

b)

The country to hide with other outcasts.

c)

To Clarisse's abandoned home to hide.

d)

Downtown in the city to hide.

20.

While on the run from the second Mechanical Hound, how does Montag manage to eliminate his scent?

a)

He sprays a lot of cologne on his clothes.

b)

He rolls around in the mud to cover his scent.

c)

He wears Beatty's clothes to trick the hound.

d)

He jumps in the river to let it carry him and his scent away.

21.

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.

22.

Who is the leader of the group that Montag meets in the woods?

a)

Clarisse

b)

Faber

c)

Beatty

d)

Granger

23.

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.

24.

Montag's city is bombed at the end of the novel.

a)

True

b)

False

25.
What is the significance of the phoenix?
a)
a bird that is able to rejuvenate itself from kerosene
b)
an animal that is resistant to fire
c)
a bird that continually rises from the ashes
d)
a creature that turns to ash when burned
26.
What is the significance of the salamander?
a)
it renews its skin in fire
b)
it is the universal symbol of all firemen
c)
It is eternally renewed from the ashes
d)
it is resistant to water
27.
The Seashell Radios that Mildred has are very similar to what item we use today?
a)
headphones
b)
XM radio
c)
earbuds
d)
MP3 player
28.

According to mythology, what is the salamander’s relation to fire?

a)

It lives in it.

b)

It hates it.

c)

It eats it.

d)

It is delicious roasted in it.

29.

Clarisse’s family is different from other families because they

a)

Talk to one another

b)

Watch TV all day

c)

Live in separate houses

d)

Do not own a car

30.

What question from Clarisse troubles Montag the most?

a)

Do you ever read any of the books you burn?

b)

Does the smell of kerosene bother you?

c)

Why don’t you have a dog?

d)

Are you happy?

31.

What were parlor walls?

a)

They were a kind of surround television with which the audience could interact

b)

They were portable partitions that could be repositioned to create a variety of living spaces

c)

They were hidden microphones that could monitor conversations

d)

They were barricades that separated one neighborhood from another

32.

What does Clarisse say has happened to all of her friends?

a)

They all think she’s too rude to be her friend

b)

They have all gone off to college

c)

They have all been shot or killed in car wrecks

d)

They left her because she is anti-social

33.

Which of the following reasons is not one Beatty gives for burning books?

a)

None of the books agreed with each other

b)

it is the law

c)

The people in the books never lived

d)

Books are environmentally wasteful

34.

During the manhunt for Montag, why did the camera identify an innocent man as Montag?

a)

Faber deliberately misled them to get them off of Montag’s trail

b)

The computer that was tracking Montag malfunctioned and identified the wrong man

c)

Nobody really knew that he looked like, so they didn’t know whom to chase

d)

The firemen needed to look good, and put a neat ending on the day’s work

35.

How were these men, the hobos, preserving literature?

a)

They had built a secret fireproof library underground and quietly collecting books

b)

Each carried a backpack full of books. It was his duty to safeguard them

c)

They were burying books in holes along the railroad tracks.

d)

Each man had memorized a piece of literature to be written down at a later time

36.

What is Faber's one regret?

a)

Not hiding more copies of the Bible when he could

b)

Not trying to recruit more people to start a revolution in society

c)

Not planting books in the firemen's houses before

d)

Not speaking up when he could have safely done so

37.

Who is Montag most scared to face now that he is seeking knowledge?

a)

Beatty

b)

Mildred

c)

Clarisse

d)

Faber

38.

Where are the firemen called to at the end of part 2?

a)

Beatty's house

b)

Clarisse's house

c)

Montag's house

d)

Faber's house

39.

What idea does Faber accidentally give Montag?

a)

To work hidden messages into tv shows and radio advertisements

b)

To plant books in the firemen's houses and call in alarms on them

c)

To start printing more books so that people can begin reading again

d)

To start reading books whenever possible to whoever will listen

40.
Who is the protagonist of Fahrenheit 451? 
a)
Guy Montag
b)
Mildred
c)
Clarisse
d)
The Pedestrian
41.

Why does Montag read a poem to Mildred and her friends

a)

Because he feels like they could benefit by learning what he knows

b)

Because he realizes that they don't know any better and he wants to teach them to be better mothers and wives

c)

Because he is so tired of hearing the tv and wants a change for the evening

d)

Because he is just so upset by their ignorance that he wants to scare them into 'waking up'

42.

What major event is about to start (they keep hearing signs overhead)?

a)

The next war

b)

The volcanic eruption

c)

The great flood

d)

The big avalanche

43.
This is the beginning of the story.
a)
Plot
b)
Resolution
c)
Climax
d)
Exposition
44.

Why does Montag seek out Faber?

a)

He wants Faber to teach him to understand books and to think for himself

b)

He knows that Faber has books and he wants to take them for himself

c)

He knows that Faber has books and he is trying to be a responsible fireman by arresting him

d)

He wants to give Faber the last copy of the Bible so that it may be preserved for future generations

45.

What are television shows like in this society (think of the one Mildred and her friends watch)?

a)

Very high drama, lots of suspense and violence, riveting story lines

b)

Lots of color, noise, and violence but no plot or substance to them

c)

Very funny because the goal in society is to make everyone laugh

d)

Calm and soothing because people want to relax and enjoy their leisure time

46.
The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky is an example of:
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
symbolism
47.

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.

b)

She does not care about other people.

c)

She has a great marriage.

d)

She is a very emotional person.

48.

A comparison without using "like" or "as" in the statement.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Simile

d)

Idiom

49.

What do the sieve and sand metaphorically represent?

a)

The sand represents Montag's happiness and the sieve represents his childhood.

b)

The sand represents sand and the sieve represents a sieve

c)

The sand represents Clarisse and the sieve represents Captain Beatty.

d)

The sand represents the words in the book and the sieve represents Montag's mind.

50.

What do books represent in this plot?

a)

Past freedom, open minds, and opened eyes

b)

Being extremely smart, intelligent, and bright

c)

The ability to read

d)

Being really strong physically and being able to life the heaviest weights (Physically and emotionally)

51.

"He wore his happiness like a mask"

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

allusion

52.

"She made the empty rooms roar with accusation.."

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

allusion

53.

"...and shake down a fine dust of guilt that was sucked in their nostrils as they plunged about"

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

allusion

54.

"Always before it had been like snuffing a candle."

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

allusion

55.

"His hand had done it all, his hand, with a brain of its own, with a conscience and a curiosity in each trembling finger, had turned thief"

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

allusion

56.

"' Play the man, Master Ridley; we shall by this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out'"

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

allusion

57.

"Every night the waves came in and bore her off on their great tides of sound"

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

allusion

58.

2. A great guzzling gout of fire leapt out to lap at the books and knock them against the wall.

a)

Simile

b)

Idiom

c)

Personification

d)

Analogy

59.

11. Another year ticked by in a single hour.

a)

Analogy

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Metaphor

d)

Idiom

60.
Who is Montag's wife?
a)
Maryann
b)
Missy
c)
Clarisse
d)
Mildred
61.

A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Onomatopoeia

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

62.

Her dress was white and it whispered.

a)

analogy

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

simile

63.

A book is a loaded gun in the house next door.

a)

simile

b)

analogy

c)

personification

d)

metaphor

64.

Who is the author of Fahrenheit 451?

a)

Ray Bradbury

b)

Ron Burgundy

c)

Stephen King

d)

W. W. Jacobs

65.
What literary device? "One of them slid down your stomach like a black cobra down an echoing well."
a)
simile
b)
personification
c)
conflict
d)
symbolism
66.

Fahrenheit 451 is considered what sub-genre of literature?

a)

Dystopian/Sci-fi/Fantasy

b)

Utopian/Sci-Fi/Fantasy

c)

Nonfiction/Biography

d)

Mystery/Drama

67.

We are all sheep.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Idiom

d)

Analogy

68.

The book has pores

a)

Analogy

b)

Personification

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

69.

What does the salamander symbolize?

a)

Symbolizes rebellion and chaos

b)

Symbolizes fire and death

c)

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

d)

symbolizes social order and authority

70.

What book in the Bible does Montag carry in his memory by the end of the novel?

a)

Book of Job

b)

Book of Ecclesiastes

c)

Book of Exodus

d)

Book of Genesis

71.

What is the climax of Fahrenheit 451?

a)

When Beatty discovers Faber's earpiece on Montag

b)

When Montag begins to read books

c)

When the mechanical hound injects Montag's leg

d)

When Beatty orders Montag to burn down his own house

72.

This event in a plot is the "point of no return" or when life will never go back to "normal".

a)

Exposition

b)

Rising Action

c)

Climax

d)

Resolution

73.

a conflict is introduced, action picks up

a)

rising action

b)

climax

c)

falling action

d)

resolution

74.

"And they lived happily ever after" is an example of

a)

resolution

b)

falling action

c)

climax

d)

rising action

75.

this is an example of

a)

setting

b)

falling action

c)

denouement or resolution

d)

climax

76.
What is the lesson or central message in the story?
a)
Setting
b)
Point of View
c)
Plot
d)
Theme