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F451 Alternate Final

Total questions: 62

Worksheet time: 3hrs 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How does Montag feel about his job at the very beginning of the book?

a)

Cautious and guilty

b)

He hates his job

c)

Enthusiastic and confident

d)

Worried about his salary

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.
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
5.

What happens when the fire team chops into an old woman's home and find her books?

a)

They brutally beat her and then set her books ablaze.

b)

She has a heart attack and dies.

c)

The woman strikes a match on the kerosene-soaked pile of books and dies.

d)

The firemen each take one of the books before setting them on fire.

6.

Montag steals _____ from an alarm.

a)

a book

b)

matches

c)

a radio

d)

a lamp

7.

Which word best describes Montag after the events at the old woman's home?

a)

sickened

b)

overjoyed

c)

terrified

d)

ecstatic

8.
Captain Beatty believes Montag's questions and unhappiness are unexpressed feelings of...
a)
anger
b)
fear
c)
guilt
d)
dishonesty
9.
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
10.

What important question does Clarisse ask Montag at the beginning of the novel?

a)

"Will you protect me?"

b)

"Are you a criminal?"

c)

"Are you happy?"

d)

"How long can you keep doing this?"

11.

Who does Montag turn to for help in understanding the books he has stolen?

a)

Clarisse

b)

Faber

c)

Captain Beatty

d)

Mildred

12.

What book does Faber want from Montag?

a)

Gulliver's Travels

b)

Hamlet

c)

The Bible

d)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

13.

What was Faber's past profession?

a)

a doctor

b)

a politician

c)

an English professor

d)

a musician

14.

Faber plans to listen to Montag's conversations with other people by using the earpiece he invented.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Montag hides his copy of the bible when he is traveling to Faber's house on the subway.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Where do people of Montag's time go to receive their religion?

a)

Bibles

b)

church

c)

school

d)

their TV parlors

17.

Why does Faber ask Montag to give him money?

a)

Faber wants McDonald's.

b)

Faber is in debt to the government.

c)

Faber needs a new home.

d)

Faber has a friend who can make them copies of books.

18.

Clarisse is killed by _____.

a)

The Hound

b)

a car

c)

Captain Beatty

d)

The police

19.

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.

20.

According to Faber, what three (3) things are needed to change society? Check all that apply.

a)

the right to act on information that is learned

b)

leisure time to think about information that is learned

c)

the ability to talk to the TV parlor families

d)

learning quality information

e)

using actors to relay information

21.

Montag decides to not turn any of his books in to Captain Beatty.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Who was outside Montag and Mildred's door while Montag was reading the books he grabbed from his ceiling vents?

a)

Faber

b)

Clarisse

c)

the mechanical hound

d)

Captain Beatty

23.

Montag is worried that Captain Beatty knows which book he stole.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Which character views himself as a coward ?

a)

Montag

b)

Captain Beatty

c)

Faber

d)

Mildred

25.

Captain Beatty closely examines the book that Montag turns in when arriving to the firehouse.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

At the end of part two of the novel, where are the firefighters assigned?

a)

Faber's house

b)

Clarissee's house

c)

Beatty's house

d)

Montag's house

27.

After Beatty leaves his house, Montag _____ his books.

a)

burns

b)

reads

c)

throws away

d)

admires

28.

The Mechanical Hound tracks down its prey by its __________?

a)

address

b)

height and weight

c)

looks

d)

chemical complex

29.

Which character has a t.v. family?

a)

Guy

b)

Beatty

c)

Clarisse

d)

Mildred

30.

Why does Montag despise the technology Mildred uses?

a)

Mildred does not actually use much technology

b)

It is very violent and he is afraid that it is corrupting her

c)

She never lets him use the devices

d)

It is mindless entertainment, and she is usually disconnected from reality

31.

Where does Clarisse get most of the information about how life used to be?

a)

Reading books secretly

b)

Her uncle

c)

Her parents

d)

History class

32.

What is the MAIN reason people stopped reading books in the society of Fahrenheit 451?

a)

They had more important things to do with their time

b)

They did not like that books presented different ways of thinking

c)

They would rather use advanced technology

d)

They did not stop reading books

33.

What question haunts Montag because neither he nor his wife can remember the answer?

a)

How many fires has Montag started?

b)

How many children do Montag and Mildred have?

c)

How many books has Montag hidden?

d)

How did Montag and Mildred meet?

34.

Clarisse is an example of which character type?

a)

Round

b)

Flat

c)

Dynamic

d)

Protagonist

35.

What smells like perfume to Montag?

a)

Smoke

b)

Book ink

c)

Cooking

d)

Kerosene

36.

What does Montag suspect about why the Hound reacted this way?

a)

He thinks that someone programmed it to dislike him because of what he’s hiding in the vent at home.

b)

He thinks someone programmed it to growl at him because they are suspicious of him talking to Clarisse.

c)

He thinks it is growling at him because the dog smells the books on his clothes.

d)

He suspects that someone knows about him talking to Clarisse.

37.

Which piece of evidence below helps the reader understand that Montag enjoyed his job?

a)

"With his symbolic helmet numbered 451 on his stolid head."

b)

"While the flapping pigeon-winged books died on the porch..."

c)

"It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed."

38.

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?

a)

Because he feels like he is evil and she isn't

b)

Because she does not understand how the world works

c)

Because she is pure and innocent

d)

Because she is a little girl.

39.

Why did Emergency Hospital send technicians instead of a doctor to treat Mildred when she overdosed on sleeping pills?

a)

The patient didn't have enough insurance coverage to merit a doctor's care.

b)

Doctors only treated men

c)

There weren't enough doctors, so none ever left the hospital.

d)

That kind of medical procedure was so common that technician-operated machines had been developed to treat the patient.

40.
What is the significance of the phoenix?
a)
a bird that is able to rejuvenate itself from kerosene
b)
an animal that is resistant to fire
c)

a bird that is continually reborn from ashes

d)
a creature that turns to ash when burned
41.

Why is there constant background noise in their society?

a)

To keep people entertained and provide a background noise and keep them upbeat

b)

To keep people from focusing on anything bad and thinking for themselves

c)

To sell their products more efficiently in a society where people don't think for themselves

d)

To provide hidden messages about what is going on in the world for people who need to know

42.

As a character, what does Mildred represent?

a)

Stay at home mothers in society

b)

The most knowledgeable people in society

c)

Women in society

d)

Society as a whole

43.

Who sends the alarm in on Montag for having books?

a)

Faber

b)

Beatty

c)

Mildred

d)

Clarisse

44.

Who sets fire to Montag's house?

a)

Montag

b)

Beatty

c)

Stoneman

d)

Black

45.

What happens to Beatty?

a)

He arrests Montag and is promoted

b)

He realizes he is wrong and joins Montag

c)

Montag burns him

d)

Faber kills him

46.

What injury does Montag sustain from the Mechanical Hound?

a)

burns

b)

bite

c)

poison injection

d)

broken leg

47.

In Part 3, where does Montag hide the books he saved from the fire at his house?

a)

Mr. Black's house

b)

the fire station

c)

Faber's house

d)

the garden

48.

True or False: The Hound found Montag when he got out of the river.

a)

True

b)

False

49.

Who is the leader of the rebel group that Montag encounters?

a)

Granger

b)

Faber

c)

Clarisse's uncle

d)

Stoneman

50.

True or False: The rebels introduce themselves as book titles.

a)
True
b)

False

51.

What happened to the city that Montag used to live in?

a)

it becomes a center for the rebels

b)

the government occupies it

c)

it is bombed

d)

it is burned by firemen

52.

Part 3:

What is Mildred’s main concern as she runs out of the house?

a)

Being chased by the mechanical hound

b)

Her husband's well-being

c)

Her TV "family"

d)

Not getting burnt in the fire

53.

At the end of the reading, where does Montag make it to?

a)

The general store

b)

The railroad tracks

c)

The train station

d)

The forest

54.

What do the band of hobos watch on the small television?

a)

The White Clown

b)

The war

c)

Themselves as the helicopter finds them

d)

Montag's "death"

55.

Who is the leader of the "band of hobos" that is in the forest?

a)

Faber

b)

Johnson

c)

Granger

d)

Thomas

56.

What is Granger's and the hobo's plans to get the world to read again?

a)

Frame firefighters with reading and burn all their homes down.

b)

Smuggles books into every city in the world using the railroads.

c)

Wait for the world to destroy itself and then give books to the survivors.

d)

There is no plan.

57.

Who is the protagonist of Fahrenheit 451?

a)

Guy Montag

b)

Captain Beatty

c)

Clarisse

d)

Faber

58.

Which best describes the genre of the novel?

a)

Horror fiction

b)

Dystopian fiction

c)

Utopian fiction

d)

Historical fiction

59.

Which of these contemporary technologies in NOT predicted by the novel?

a)

wireless headphones

b)

interactive television

c)

robot dogs

d)

the internet

60.

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)

To provide extra light for people driving around

61.
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
62.

Choose two themes prevalent in Fahrenheit 451.

a)

Censorship to control society

b)

Quest for power

c)

The destructive nature of technology

d)

Love and sacrifice