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Fahrenheit 451 Part 2 Vocab Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 2hrs 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

TRUE OR FALSE?

The definition of GUILD is an organization of people in the same craft or trade.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

2.

TRUE OR FALSE

The definition of CONVOLUTION is a rolling up, coiling, or twisting together; a sinuous folding or design

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

3.

TRUE OR FALSE

The definition of FALTER is a long-handled, bladed instrument used for harvesting crops

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

4.

TRUE OR FALSE

The definition of PLUMMET is to fall suddenly and steeply

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

5.

TRUE OR FALSE

The definition of METROPOLIS is a state of complete emptiness or destruction

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

6.

TRUE OR FALSE

The definition of PEDANT is one possessing abundant knowledge of minor, often uninteresting, things

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

7.

occurs when an earthquake's violent shaking suddenly turns loose, soft soil into liquid mud

a)

desolation

b)

afterschock

c)

liquefaction

d)

litterateur

8.

outlined in clear detail; painted or drawn

a)

liquefaction

b)

pedant

c)

limned

d)

scythe

9.

illumine

a)

lighten up; brighten

b)

a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain

c)

fall suddenly and steeply

d)

the state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening

10.

Falter

a)

a long-handled, bladed instrument used for harvesting crops

b)

to hesitate, stumble, lose courage; to speak hesitatingly; to lose drive, weaken, decline

c)

one possessing abundant knowledge of minor, often uninteresting, things

d)

the state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening

11.

the object of a hunt; prey

a)

plummet

b)

limned

c)

quarry

d)

pedant

12.

burning with little smoke and no flame

a)

metropolis

b)

desolation

c)

aesthetic

d)

smoldering

13.

a state of complete emptiness or destruction

a)

riccocheted

b)

scapegoat

c)

aesthetic

d)

desolation

14.

a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain

a)

avalanche

b)

quarry

c)

guild

d)

scythe

15.

a person or group that bears the blame for another

a)

litterateur

b)

scapegoat

c)

pedant

d)

avalanche

16.

someone devoted to the study of literature

a)

convolution

b)

falter

c)

scapegoat

d)

litterateur

17.

concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty

a)

aesthetic

b)

limned

c)

scythe

d)

liquefaction

18.

the state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening

a)

convolution

b)

oblivion

c)

aesthetic

d)

desolation

19.

the motion of an object bouncing off something

a)

plummet

b)

guild

c)

quarry

d)

riccocheted

20.

Defintion: a long-handled, bladed instrument used for harvesting crops.

a)

guild

b)

quarry

c)

oblivion

d)

scythe