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WorksheetsF451 Alternate Final
Total questions: 62
Worksheet time: 3hrs 40mins
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
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.
Montag steals _____ from an alarm.
a book
matches
a radio
a lamp
Which word best describes Montag after the events at the old woman's home?
sickened
overjoyed
terrified
ecstatic
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?"
Who does Montag turn to for help in understanding the books he has stolen?
Clarisse
Faber
Captain Beatty
Mildred
What book does Faber want from Montag?
Gulliver's Travels
Hamlet
The Bible
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
What was Faber's past profession?
a doctor
a politician
an English professor
a musician
Faber plans to listen to Montag's conversations with other people by using the earpiece he invented.
True
False
Montag hides his copy of the bible when he is traveling to Faber's house on the subway.
True
False
Where do people of Montag's time go to receive their religion?
Bibles
church
school
their TV parlors
Why does Faber ask Montag to give him money?
Faber wants McDonald's.
Faber is in debt to the government.
Faber needs a new home.
Faber has a friend who can make them copies of books.
Clarisse is killed by _____.
The Hound
a car
Captain Beatty
The police
As part of their master plan, what will Faber and Montag do with the books they make?
They will plant them in firefighter's homes.
They will burn them all!
They will read them.
They will donate them to local charities.
According to Faber, what three (3) things are needed to change society? Check all that apply.
the right to act on information that is learned
leisure time to think about information that is learned
the ability to talk to the TV parlor families
learning quality information
using actors to relay information
Montag decides to not turn any of his books in to Captain Beatty.
True
False
Who was outside Montag and Mildred's door while Montag was reading the books he grabbed from his ceiling vents?
Faber
Clarisse
the mechanical hound
Captain Beatty
Montag is worried that Captain Beatty knows which book he stole.
True
False
Which character views himself as a coward ?
Montag
Captain Beatty
Faber
Mildred
Captain Beatty closely examines the book that Montag turns in when arriving to the firehouse.
True
False
At the end of part two of the novel, where are the firefighters assigned?
Faber's house
Clarissee's house
Beatty's house
Montag's house
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
Which character has a t.v. family?
Guy
Beatty
Clarisse
Mildred
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
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?
Clarisse is an example of which character type?
Round
Flat
Dynamic
Protagonist
What smells like perfume to Montag?
Smoke
Book ink
Cooking
Kerosene
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.
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."
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.
Why did Emergency Hospital send technicians instead of a doctor to treat Mildred when she overdosed on sleeping pills?
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.
a bird that is continually reborn from ashes
Why is there constant background noise in their society?
To keep people entertained and provide a background noise and keep them upbeat
To keep people from focusing on anything bad and thinking for themselves
To sell their products more efficiently in a society where people don't think for themselves
To provide hidden messages about what is going on in the world for people who need to know
As a character, what does Mildred represent?
Stay at home mothers in society
The most knowledgeable people in society
Women in society
Society as a whole
Who sends the alarm in on Montag for having books?
Faber
Beatty
Mildred
Clarisse
Who sets fire to Montag's house?
Montag
Beatty
Stoneman
Black
What happens to Beatty?
He arrests Montag and is promoted
He realizes he is wrong and joins Montag
Montag burns him
Faber kills him
What injury does Montag sustain from the Mechanical Hound?
burns
bite
poison injection
broken leg
In Part 3, where does Montag hide the books he saved from the fire at his house?
Mr. Black's house
the fire station
Faber's house
the garden
True or False: The Hound found Montag when he got out of the river.
True
False
Who is the leader of the rebel group that Montag encounters?
Granger
Faber
Clarisse's uncle
Stoneman
True or False: The rebels introduce themselves as book titles.
False
What happened to the city that Montag used to live in?
it becomes a center for the rebels
the government occupies it
it is bombed
it is burned by firemen
Part 3:
What is Mildred’s main concern as she runs out of the house?
Being chased by the mechanical hound
Her husband's well-being
Her TV "family"
Not getting burnt in the fire
At the end of the reading, where does Montag make it to?
The general store
The railroad tracks
The train station
The forest
What do the band of hobos watch on the small television?
The White Clown
The war
Themselves as the helicopter finds them
Montag's "death"
Who is the leader of the "band of hobos" that is in the forest?
Faber
Johnson
Granger
Thomas
What is Granger's and the hobo's plans to get the world to read again?
Frame firefighters with reading and burn all their homes down.
Smuggles books into every city in the world using the railroads.
Wait for the world to destroy itself and then give books to the survivors.
There is no plan.
Who is the protagonist of Fahrenheit 451?
Guy Montag
Captain Beatty
Clarisse
Faber
Which best describes the genre of the novel?
Horror fiction
Dystopian fiction
Utopian fiction
Historical fiction
Which of these contemporary technologies in NOT predicted by the novel?
wireless headphones
interactive television
robot dogs
the internet
Why were the alarms to burn always at night?
Everyone can see the fires at night, they create a spectacle and fear factor.
To provide extra light for people driving around
Choose two themes prevalent in Fahrenheit 451.
Censorship to control society
Quest for power
The destructive nature of technology
Love and sacrifice
