WorksheetsF451 Part 1 Quiz
Total questions: 107
Worksheet time: 18hrs 50mins
Montag's uniform is brandished with this mythical creature:
cyclops
phoenix
centaur
dragon
Montag meets Clarisse while on his way _____.
to a fire
to Beatty's house
home
to McDonald's
How old is Montag?
20
25
30
35
For how long has Montag been a fireman?
5 years
15 years
20 years
10 years
Mildred overdoses on:
alcohol
Prozac
Ritalin
sleeping pills
Which of the following does Mildred NOT use as a means of escape?
pills
radio
television
knitting
_____ of the walls in the Montag living room are television screens.
1
2
3
4
Montag steals _____ from an alarm.
a book
matches
a radio
a lamp
What happens when the fire team chops into an old woman's home and find her books?
They brutally beat her and then set her books ablaze.
She has a heart attack and dies.
The woman strikes a match on the kerosene-soaked pile of books and dies.
The firemen each take one of the books before setting them on fire.
Which word best describes Montag after the events at the old woman's home?
sickened
overjoyed
terrified
ecstatic
Clarisse is killed by _____.
The Hound
a car
Captain Beatty
The police
After Beatty leaves his house, Montag _____ his books.
burns
reads
throws away
admires
The Mechanical Hound tracks down its prey by its __________?
address
height and weight
looks
chemical complex
What important question does Clarisse ask Montag at the beginning of the novel?
"Will you protect me?"
"Are you a criminal?"
"Are you happy?"
"How long can you keep doing this?"
Which character has a t.v. family?
Guy
Beatty
Clarisse
Mildred
What is Guy Montag's job?
Librarian
Fireman
Police Officer
Politician
How does Montag feel about his job at the very beginning of the book?
Cautious and guilty
He hates his job
Enthusiastic and confident
Worried about his salary
How does Montag meet Clarisse McClellan
Walking home from work
He burns her house and books
She is a fireman too
His wife introduces him to Clarisse
What first happens to Montag as a result of meeting Clarisse?
He considers leaving Mildred
He decides he no longer wants to be a fireman
He becomes more dedicated to his job
He starts to question the way things are
Which character talks for a long time about what he or she knows about the history of fireman, technology, the dangers of books, and the way society works?
Captain Beatty
Montag
Clarisse
The old woman
Why does Montag despise the technology Mildred uses?
Mildred does not actually use much technology
It is very violent and he is afraid that it is corrupting her
She never lets him use the devices
It is mindless entertainment, and she is usually disconnected from reality
What realization does Montag have regarding his wife Mildred?
She is very understanding of what he is going through
She is far more intelligent than Clarisse
He doesn't really know her that well
He actually strongly dislikes her
What two major events occur that make Montag question everything?
A woman chooses to burn with her books and Clarisse disappears
Mildred betrays him and Clarisse is there to comfort him
A neighbor reports Clarisse's books and she kills herself
Montag gets burned in a fire and is permanently injured
Where does Clarisse get most of the information about how life used to be?
Reading books secretly
Her uncle
Her parents
History class
What is the MAIN reason people stopped reading books in the society of Fahrenheit 451?
They had more important things to do with their time
They did not like that books presented different ways of thinking
They would rather use advanced technology
They did not stop reading books
What question haunts Montag because neither he nor his wife can remember the answer?
How many fires has Montag started?
How many children do Montag and Mildred have?
How many books has Montag hidden?
How did Montag and Mildred meet?
What are "seashells"?
Sleep lozenges
Interactive TV remotes to participate with television shows
Radio earbuds/airpods
Small shell-shaped devices that allow the government to monitor them
How long has Montag been a fireman?
30 Years
10 Years
5.5 Years
7 Years
Clarisse describes herself as:
"17 and insane"
"17 and full of life"
"16 and a know-it-all"
"16 and bright as a dandelion"
Fahrenheit 451 is written in which perspective/point-of-view?
1st person Point-of-View
3rd Person Point-of-View
2nd Person Point-of-View
My Point-of-View
What smells like perfume to Montag?
Smoke
Book ink
Cooking
Kerosene
What are the parlor walls?
Three, interactive TV screen walls
Three shelf walls full of books
Three walls with hideous wallpaper
Three normal parlor walls
Considering how we regard firemen today, why is it ironic that people are afraid of them in the novel?
It’s ironic that firemen are the ones to STOP fires, just like in the present.
It’s ironic that firemen are the ones to START fires and hurt people, when they’re supposed to HELP and STOP fires.
It’s ironic that firemen are only MEN and no women appear to be allowed to work as firefighters.
It’s ironic that they are not called firefighters, but only FIREMEN, since they don’t fight fires.
What do the machines do that Mildred is hooked up to?
They clean out her stomach.
They clean out her blood.
They stop her from taking any more pills.
They clean out her stomach and her blood.
What does Mldred say she wants that they can’t afford?
A new home because this one is old
A 4th wall made of concrete, that costs $2000
A 4th wall, which is a TV, that costs $2000
A new home because this one was burned
What three things does Clarisse’s psychiatrist want to know about?
Why she hikes, watches birds, and catches butterflies.
Why she goes outside, laughs, and spends time with her family.
Why she doesn’t like school, runs outside, and plays basketball.
Why she speaks to Montag, laughs, and talks to others.
According to Clarisse, why is Montag “not like the others”?
He reads books, unlike everyone else.
He sneaks books into his home.
He doesn’t like his job anymore.
He actually listens and talks and looks at her.
Describe the structure of the mechanical hound.
Has 4 legs like a dog but is a robot.
Has 8 legs, made of steel, brass, and copper.
Is a robot dog that does chores.
I don’t know.
What do the firemen do on dull nights?
They take bets on what the dog will do inside the garage.
They bring in animals and let the dog play with them.
They bring in animals, program the dog to attack, and bet on who the dog will get first.
I don’t know.
What does Montag suspect about why the Hound reacted this way?
He thinks that someone programmed it to dislike him because of what he’s hiding in the vent at home.
He thinks someone programmed it to growl at him because they are suspicious of him talking to Clarisse.
He thinks it is growling at him because the dog smells the books on his clothes.
He suspects that someone knows about him talking to Clarisse.
What classes are taken in school?
TV class and sports
Sports and history
TV Class, math, science, and English
TV Class, exercise, sports, transcription history
What happens to people who try to fool the government?
They are sent to jail.
They are killed.
They are taken to the asylum.
I don’t know.
Why is Montag foolish to use the phrase “once upon a time”?
It reveals that he likes Disney movies.
It reveals that he is intelligent.
It reveals that he read a book.
I don’t know.
What does Beatty say to Mrs. Blake about the books?
That the books contradict one another and that the people never lived.
That the books are simply meant to brainwash people.
That the books are dangerous because they reveal the truth.
I don’t know.
What does Montag cry about?
He cries because he is afraid of the day Mildred will die.
He cries because he realizes his wife loves him too much.
He cries because he is depressed.
He cries because he realized he would NOT cry if Mildred died.
What does Mildred say about Clarisse to Montag?
Clarisse and her family moved away.
Clarisse was ran over by a car four days ago and died.
Clarisse was taken to the asylum for being different.
Clarisse and her entire family were sent to jail.
What word becomes a swear word?
Intellectual
Intelligent
Smart
Genious
Why does society lower the kindergarten age year after year?
They want to teach children as much as possible.
They don’t want children to be at home and not learn.
They don’t want children influenced by their family if they stay home longer.
I don’t know.
According to Beatty, if you don’t want a man unhappy politically, what do you do?
Don’t provide options; tell them what to think.
Don’t give them THREE choices; only provide 2.
Do not offer too many choices.
You don’t let them vote.
What does Beatty say about firemen taking books?
They are not allowed to take books whatsoever, since they are the people that burn them.
They can take a book to fill their curiosity but they must burn it after 24 hrs.
They are only allowed to take them if they ask for permission from Beatty.
I don’t know.
According to Clarisse’s uncle, what is the real reason the architects got rid of front porches?
Because they wanted people to work their life away and not sit around their home.
Because they didn’t want people sitting when they could be working.
Because they didn’t want people sitting, doing nothing, eventually thinking.
Because they didn’t want people sitting when they could be helping the government.
About how many books had Montag hidden in the ventilator?
27 books.
2 books.
20-something books.
I don’t know.
Who is the protagonist in the book?
Montag
Clarisse
Mildred
Beatty
Which piece of evidence below helps the reader understand that Montag enjoyed his job?
"With his symbolic helmet numbered 451 on his stolid head."
"While the flapping pigeon-winged books died on the porch..."
"It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed."
What was Ray Bradbury warning against when he wrote this novel?
The extreme dangers of driving too fast
Ben Frankiln creating a dystopian society
Losing our connections with the world around us because of technology
What is the significance of the title Fahrenheit 451?
It is the temperature at which kerosene burns
It is the temperature at which paper ignites and burns.
It is the temperature needed to start a fire
It is the temperature limit the firemen can burn a house at
On pages 3 - 5, Montag describes Clarisse with words like "bright as snow in the moonlight" and "pale surprise." Why does he describe her with words that are synonymous with white?
Because he feels like he is evil and she isn't
Because she does not understand how the world works
Because she is pure and innocent
Because she is a little girl.
Which piece of evidence supports the inference that Mildred overdosed on sleeping pills.
"The object he had sent tumbling with is foot now glinted under the edge of his own bed."
"As he stood there the sky over the house screamed."
"Montag was cut in half."
"The small crystal bottle of sleeping tablets which earlier today had been filled with thirty capsules and which now lay uncapped and empty in the light of the tiny flare."
Why did Emergency Hospital send technicians instead of a doctor to treat Mildred?
The patient didn't have enough insurance coverage to merit a doctor's care.
Doctors only treated men
There weren't enough doctors, so none ever left the hospital.
That kind of medical procedure was so common that technician-operated machines had been developed to treat the patient.
What does the reader learn about Montag's relationships with Mildred and Clarisse by comparing the two conversations on Pages17-18 and 19-21?
That he is in love with Clarisse and wants to run away to be with her.
That he is deeply in love with his wife and needs to ignore everyone else.
That he needs to move neighborhoods to get away from Clarisse.
That his relationship with Mildred is shallow and his relationship with Clarisse is in depth.
Why are we shown how Clarisse is different from other teens?
Bradbury didn't like teenagers and wanted to show how bad they really are.
It shows how bad the society was, how she was more special than the others, and it foreshadowed her death.
It made the book more fun
It gave the book a more mature feel
According to Mildred, what happened to Clarisse?
She was hit by a car and died
She was hypnotized and forced to change her thinking.
She was attacked by a pack of mechanical hounds.
She escaped to the wilderness and joined the rebels.
Why was the fire on page 33-35 different than other fires Montag has started.
The books fell on Montag and the Hound killed the owner of the books.
They used Kerosene to start the fire and an anonymous tip had been called in to the firehouse.
The owner wasn't arrested, Montag stole a book, and Montag connected humans to the books he was burning
On page 37, Captain Beatty restates the quote the old lady said before they burned her books."We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in English, as I trust shall never be put out,". What does this reveal about Beatty?
That he suspects Montag of something major
That he is actually part of a secret underground uprising
That his has read many of the books that they burn.
That he was a Literature teacher before the information apocalypse.
On page 54, what does Beatty mean when he says "More sports for everyone, group spirit, fun, and you don't have to think, eh? Organize and organize and super organize super-super sports. More cartoons in books. More pictures. The mind drinks less and less."
People are bored and want more entertainment
The government worked really hard to enrich and deepen everyone's education
The people are so busy with being entertained that they don't have time or energy to think
The organization of entertainment made everything better.
Why are Mildred's TV shows (in the Parlor) so hard for the reader to understand?
Because they are actually about nothing
Because they are very important works of art
Because they are written above a 10th grade reading level.
Because they are interesting
On pages 63 & 64, Why did Montag stop Mildred from burning the books? Choose all that apply. (3)
He wanted to get them to someone who could use them
He wanted to figure out why people were afraid of them
He wanted to know why people were willing to die for them
He wanted to know why the hound was after him
He wanted to see for himself if what was in them was actually dangerous
What is the main conflict of Part 1?
Beatty wants Montag to replace him as Captain when Beatty is promoted
Clarisse is part of an underground movement that sells information and technology
Montag is afraid of the Hound and thinks it is programmed to come after him
Montag struggles against being a firefighter and continuing to burn books
Why is Clarisse afraid of teenagers
her age?
They are violent; they kill each other, go road racing, and destroy things
They bully Clarisse because she is different
They are the ones who stopped reading
They stopped going to school all together
Why does an author use symbolism in their literary piece?
To convey deeper meanings about a topic or subject
To show the importance of symbols
To give readers a hint about what is going to happen.
Which word means: A writer suggests information through a character's thoughts, words, and actions as well as what other characters say and think about the character?
direct characterization
indirect characterization
character traits
character motives
This is when a writer tells the audience about the character's physical and mental attributes.
direct characterization
indirect characterization
character traits
character motives
