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451 9.13.23

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Captain Beatty believes Montag's questions and unhappiness are unexpressed feelings of...
a)
anger
b)
fear
c)
guilt
d)
dishonesty
2.
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
3.
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
4.

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.

5.

What are parlor walls?

a)

Big screens that took up walls

b)

Long dark tunels

6.

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

a)

Her dad.

b)

Her uncle

7.

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.

8.

What lie did Captain Beatty tell Montag?

a)

Firemen never used to prevent fires.

b)

All firemen die in a fire acceden't

9.

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.

10.

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.

11.
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.
12.
Which of the following books of the Bible does Faber read to Montag over the radio?
a)
Ecclesiastes
b)
The Book of Job
c)
Revelations
d)
Deuteronomy
13.
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
14.

Who is Faber?

a)

A fireman

b)

A philosopher

c)

Mildred's friend's husband

d)

A professor

15.

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

16.

What book does Montag try to memorize and understand, the book he takes to Faber?

a)

A book of poetry

b)

The Bible

c)

A play by Shakespeare

d)

A book about the history of firemen

17.
Why was the last liberal arts college shut down?
a)
lack of funding
b)
lack of students
c)
war
d)
not enough professors
18.

Why are firemen rarely necessary?

a)

Because there are hardly any books left to burn

b)

Because people are very scared of the consequences

c)

Because people stopped reading on their own

d)

Because any day now the war will wipe their society off the face of the earth

19.

What has happened since the year 2022?

a)

They have legalized divorce and made it more popular

b)

They have banned all books with the exception of fire captains

c)

They have started and won two atomic wars

d)

They have perfected the technology of the mechanical hounds

20.
The following is an example of what literary device?
"The three empty walls of the room were like the pale brows of sleeping giants now, empty of dreams."
a)
alliteration
b)
simile
c)
metaphor
d)
personification
21.
The following quote is an example of what literary device?
"Here comes a very strange beast, which in all toungues is called a fool"
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
alliteration
d)
onomaptopeis
22.
What literary devise is the following an example of?
Dandy Dental Detergent, Denham's Dentifrice, Dentrifice, Dentrifice
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
alliteration
d)
onomatopeis
23.
What two things make Montag realize that he much 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
24.
What is the second thing Faber says people are missing in their lives?
a)
Examination.
b)
School.
c)
Leisure time.
d)
Protests.
25.
Identify Mildred's "Family."
a)
Montag
b)
The Firemen
c)
Television Actors
d)
Her Circle of Friends
26.
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.
27.

What is the protagonist's name?

a)

A. Montag

b)

B. Beatty

c)

C. Clarisse

d)

D. Mildred

28.

What is the protagonist's occupation?

a)

A. Fireman

b)

B. Doctor

c)

C. Teacher

d)

D. Police officer

29.

What is the temperature at which paper burns?

a)

A. 212 degrees Fahrenheit

b)

B. 451 degrees Fahrenheit

c)

C. 100 degrees Celsius

d)

D. 0 degrees Kelvin

30.

Who is the person that changes the protagonist's life?

a)

A. Captain Beatty

b)

B. Mildred

c)

C. Clarisse McClellan

d)

D. The old woman

31.

What is the job of the firemen in this novel?

a)

A. To rescue people

b)

B. To burn books

c)

C. To put out fires

d)

D. To enforce the government

32.

What does the mechanical Hound do?

a)

A. Rescues people

b)

B. Hunts and kills traitors

c)

C. Protects the firemen

d)

D. Cleans the firehouse

33.

Why is Clarisse considered different and dangerous?

a)

A. She watches too much television

b)

B. She thinks too much

c)

C. She owns too many books

d)

D. She is a fireman

34.

What does Guy Montag hide in the air conditioning duct?

a)

A. Money

b)

B. Food

c)

C. Books

d)

D. Weapons

35.

What happens to Clarisse?

a)

A. She becomes a fireman

b)

B. She dies in a car accident

c)

C. She moves away

d)

D. She joins the government

36.

Who comes to Guy's house for a chat?

a)

A. Clarisse

b)

B. Mildred

c)

C. The old woman

d)

D. Captain Beatty

37.
The boy and the ball.
a)
complete
b)
incomplete
38.
The cat jumped on the bench.
a)
complete
b)
incomplete
39.

Which of the following options shows how to correctly write the passage?

a)

I like to eat ice cream but I know it's bad for me.

b)

I like to eat ice cream. But I know it's bad for me.

c)

I like to eat ice cream, but I know it's bad for me.

d)

None of the options are correct.

40.

Decide in the sentence if the commas are used correctly or incorrectly.

My neighbors went shopping, and I went to the movies.

a)

Correct

b)

Incorrect

41.

Decide in the sentence if the commas are used correctly or incorrectly.

Do you know the question, to this answer Jimmy?

a)

Correct

b)

Incorrect

42.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
a)
I wanted to buy cookies chips and, candy.
b)
I wanted to buy cookies chips and candy.
c)
I wanted to buy cookies, chips, and candy.
43.

Choose the sentence that has no mistakes.

a)

Their going to be late to school.

b)

There going to be late to school.

c)

Theyre going to be late to school.

d)

They're going to be late to school.

44.

Pick the correct spelling

a)

achieve

b)

acheive

c)

acieve

d)

acheeve

45.

Pick the correct spelling of the definition of "I will for sure do that!"

a)

Defiantly

b)

Definitely

c)

Definitly

d)

Defintly

46.

Pick the correct spelling when used in this phrase. _____________ or not you give your word, I still don't believe you.

a)

weather

b)

whether

c)

wheather

d)

wheher

47.

Pick the correct spelling

a)

grammar

b)

grammer

c)

gramar

d)

gramer

48.

Pick the correct spelling

a)

imediately

b)

immedately

c)

immeditely

d)

immediately

49.

Pick the correct spelling

a)

imaginery

b)

imaginary

c)

imaginiry

d)

imagenary

50.

Which is the correct spelling?

a)

apparant

b)

apparent

c)

apparrent

51.

Which is the correct spelling?

a)

successfull

b)

successful

c)

sucessful