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Fahrenheit 451 Test Review

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is Guy Montag and what is his job?

a)

A 30 yr old fireman who starts fires to burn books instead of putting them out.

b)

He's the son of the amazing police officer.

2.

How can we describe Clarisse McClellan?

a)

Clarisse comes off as angelic and curious. She has a certain liveliness to herself.

b)

She comes of as this hateful person. But shes strong and independent

3.

What smelled like perfume to Montag?

a)

kerosene

b)

smoke

4.

Who is Mildred?

a)

His cousin.

b)

his wife.

c)

His mom.

5.

Why did Emergency Hospital send technicians instead of doctors to treat Mildred?

a)

Because they where scared.

b)

They used machines to treat her and they aren't hard to work.

6.

What are parlor walls?

a)

Big screens that took up walls

b)

Long dark tunels

7.

Why was Clarisse considered anti-social?

a)

Because she simply doesn't care.

b)

She doesn't agree what the other people do.

8.

Who gave Clarisse most of her information about the way life used to be?

a)

Her dad.

b)

Her uncle

9.

How did the firemen know which houses had books?

a)

The neighbors told the firehouse if someone had books

b)

They would feel bad and evenually come clean.

10.

What lie did Captain Beatty tell Montag?

a)

Firemen never used to prevent fires.

b)

All firemen die in a fire acceden't

11.

What did Montag do in the old lady's attic?

a)

He took one of her books.

b)

He took the money she had up there.

12.

Why were the alarms to burn always at night?

a)

Everyone can see the fires at night, they create a spectacle and fear factor.

b)

Because you can react fore scadrly is you are woken up.

13.

What happened to Clarisse? Was it an accident?

a)

She was hit by a car- wasn't accidental

b)

She was pushed off a brige- wasn't accidental

14.
When Clarrise asks, Montag says that Fireman have always...
a)
burned books with kerosene
b)
extinguished fires with water
c)
valued books
d)
kept homes from burning down
15.
What happens to Montag as a result of meeting Clarisse?
a)
He considers leaving his wife
b)
He starts to notice what's missing in his life
c)
He decides he no longer wants to be a firefighter
d)
He becomes more committed to extinguishing books
16.
What realization does Montag come to regarding his wife Mildred?
a)
She understands what he's going through
b)
She is far more intelligent than Clarisse
c)
He doesn't like her
d)
He doesn't really know her
17.
Captain Beatty believes Montag's questions and unhappiness are unexpressed feelings of...
a)
anger
b)
fear
c)
guilt
d)
dishonesty
18.

What two things make Montag realize that he must change his life?

a)
A woman chooses to burn with her books and Clarisse dies
b)
A woman refuses to give up her books and Clarisse moves away
c)
A neighbor reports Clarisse's books and Clarisse kills herself
d)
His wife betrays him and Clarisse is there to comfort him
19.
When they first begin to read the books, Mildred...
a)
Immediately agrees with Montag that the books are important.
b)
Runs away and tells the authorities what Montag has done.
c)
Is uninterested and confused by the books.
d)
Does not care that Montag has begun to read the books.
20.
Why does Montag reach out to Faber the first time?
a)
Since Clarisse died, Montag needs a friend to talk to.
b)
Montag is confused by the books he stole, and he needs a teacher.
c)
Faber is an English Professor, and Montag wants to learn how to become a Professor as well.
d)
Montag finds the phone number Faber gave him and is curious if he is still alive.
21.
Why didn't Faber stand up and protest when the first book burnings began?
a)
He agreed with the book burnings.
b)
He didn't know they were happening until it was too late. 
c)
He did, but they put him in jail, so now he is quiet about it. 
d)
He was too scared to stand up.
22.
What does Faber say about the physical books?
a)
They are not what is important; it is what is stated in books where the true power lies.
b)
Without the actual book binding itself, all the words in books are useless. 
c)
There is nothing important about books or what they have hidden within.
d)
Never judge a book by its cover.
23.
What is the first thing Faber mentions is missing from people's lives?
a)
Money.
b)
Quality information.
c)
A College Education.
d)
Books.
24.
What is the second thing Faber says people are missing in their lives?
a)
Examination.
b)
School.
c)
Leisure time.
d)
Protests.
25.
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. 
26.
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.
27.

As part of their master plan, what will Faber and Montag do with the books they make?

a)

They will plant them in firefighter's homes.

b)

They will burn them all!

c)

They will read them.

d)

They will donate them to local charities.

28.
Identify Mildred's "Family."
a)
Montag
b)
The Firemen
c)
Television Actors
d)
Her Circle of Friends
29.
Each of the following show how cold and impersonal Mildred's friends are EXCEPT:
a)
'I plunk the children in school nine days out of ten. I put up with them when they come home three days a month."
b)
"I've had two children by Caesarian section. No use going through all that agony for a baby!"
c)
"Mrs. Phelps was crying. She sobbed uncontrollably."
d)
"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."
30.
Where does Montag go after he reads the poem and leaves his house?
a)
To plants books in firemen's houses.
b)
To search for Clarisse in the Uncharted Forest
c)
To turn in his book to Captain Beatty.
d)
To the spot where they burned the Old Woman's house.
31.

Mildred’s “family” is the —

a)

firemen who support her husband

b)

characters in the programs she watches

c)

women who join her in the parlor

d)

ast few of her scattered relatives

32.

At the beginning of the novel, Montag —

a)

is enthusiastic about his job

b)

has decided to quit his job

c)

wants to save every book

d)

s ready to rebel against his boss

33.

Which of the following best describes

Clarisse’s attitude toward life?

a)

angry

b)

curious

c)

dissatisfied

d)

greedy

34.

Which of the following best symbolizes the dangers of technology in the novel?

a)

Denham’s Dentifrice

b)

the Sieve and the Sand

c)

the Salamander

d)

the Mechanical Hound

35.

Which of the following characters is best

described as materialistic?

a)

Clarisse

b)

Faber

c)

Mildred

d)

Montag

36.

What most surprises Montag about the

campfire?

a)

the books being burned

b)

the wild flames it generates

c)

the fear it creates

d)

the comfort it provides

37.

By the end of the novel, what does the

phoenix symbolize?

a)

the destruction of civilization

b)

the rebirth of humanity

c)

the loss of books

d)

a return to the past

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