WorksheetsFahrenheit 451
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins
Who doesn't want children?
Clarisse
Montag
Mildred
Beatty
What happened to Clarisse's friends?
She dropped them when she became friends with Montag.
They were caught reading books and sent to prison.
They were shot dead or died in car accidents.
Being antisocial, she has no friends.
What happens at the fun park?
bullying
break things
wreck things
all of the above
Why does Montag suddenly feel empty?
He gets caught with a book.
He has a failed marriage.
Clarisse is gone.
He gets fired.
What about war?
The war is over.
Montag wants to join the war effort.l
Clarisse has been shipped off to fight in the war.
The war can begin at any moment.
Part 1 is called The Hearth and the Salamander. A Hearth is a fireplace. What literary example is this?
imagery
metaphor
symbolism
irony
What is something strange about the firemen?
They all look exactly like Montag.
They all hate books.
They all love their jobs.
Most of them are secretly reading books.
Who is taken to an insane asylum?
Mildred
Clarisse
The man Montag talked to in the park.
The man whose house was raided.
Who feels like a father figure?
Beatty
Montag
Stoneman
Black
Beatty tells Montag, "At least once in his career, every fireman gets an itch. What do the books say, he wonders?" If a fireman gives into that temptation and takes a book, what is the protocol?
He is immediately arrested.
He receives a warning.
He is allowed to keep it for 24 hours.
He is immediately terminated.
"Hell" The operator's cigaretrtre moved on his lip. "We get these cases nine or ten a night. Got so many, starting a few years ago, we had these special machines built..." Who says this?
Faber
Beatty
Granger
Medic
What do the numbers 451 represent?
number of firehouses in the country
Temperature at which books turn to dust.
Temperature at which books burn.
Highest temperature a fireman's suit can withstand heat.
"Montag felt himself back away and away out the door, after Beatty, down the steps, across the lawn, where the path of kerosene lay like the track of some evil snail" is an example of
personification
hyperbole
simile
metaphor
What is the hound's reaction to Montag?
The hound likes Montag.
The hound plays with Montag.
The hound growls at Montag.
The hound hides from Montag.
According to Clarisse, how is Montag "not like the others"?
He thinks about his job.
He takes walks with her.
He is suspicious of her.
He looks at her and actually listens.
With what excuse does Montag attempt to avoid going in to work?
His wife is sick.
He has errands to run.
He is depressed.
He is feeling sick.
What mythical creature symbolizes rebirth from the ashes in Fahrenheit 451?
salamander
centaur
phoenix
dragon
How old is Montag?
20
30
25
35
Clarisse was part of the old society where talking and thinking were appreciated. How was this viewed by the others?
She was socially elite.
She was regarded as holy.
She was thought to be insane.
She was thought to be nosey.
Who said "You laugh when I Haven't been funny."
Clarisse
Mildred
Cpt. Beatty
Mr. Montag
Handymen were also ___________.
Authors
Artists
Plumbers
Medical technicians
Who likes to drive fast?
Flash Slothmore
Montag
Mildred
Capt. Beatty
The hound has a ________ tongue.
screw driver
needle
hammer
rope
Who says "All we put into it is hunting and finding and killing."
Medical Tecnicians
Montag
Dahmer
Capt. Beatty
Who refers to relationships with people as disposable tissue?
Montag
Old Woman
Clarisse's Uncle
Mildred
To crush, beat, pound into powder, or dust.
Hit
Pulverized
Soak
Wash
What is kerosene?
Foam
Water
Flammable liquid
Carrot soup
Olfactory system
Sense of smell
Sense of taste
Hearing
Vision
What is a building or room that houses a tomb or tombs.
coffin
Graveyard
Mausoleum
morgue
Pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury).
figure
feign
force
feeling
Who turned Montag in for possessing books?
Mildred
Faber
Beatty
Clarisse
What does Beatty demand of Montag after the alarm sends them to Montag's house?
Burn the Mechanical hound.
Burn Mildred.
Burn all of his books and his house.
Burn Faber.
Which character does Montag kill with the flamethrower?
Mildred
Faber
Captain Beatty
Granger
After Montag kills Beatty, the Mechanical Hound injects Montag in the....
leg
neck
abdomen
arm
Where did Montag hide his last remaining books?
In the house of a fireman
In a bush behind a gas station
At Faber's House
He threw them in the river.
After killing Beatty, who does Montag visit while on his way to Faber's house?
He visits the home of a firefighter to plant books and call in an alarm.
He visits Clarisse at her new house.
He visits Mildred at her new house.
He visits Beatty's wife to apologize for killing her husband.
While on the run from the second Mechanical Hound, how does Montag manage to eliminate his scent?
He sprays a lot of cologne on his clothes.
He rolls around in the mud to cover his scent.
He wears Beatty's clothes to trick the hound.
He jumps in the river to let it carry him and his scent away.
Where does Faber suggest that Montag go to avoid being captured?
Back to his house to hide.
The countryside to hide with other outcasts.
To Clarisse's abandoned home to hide.
Downtown in the city to hide.
Who is the leader of the group that Montag meets in the woods?
Clarisse
Faber
Beatty
Granger
Why do Granger and his group not get into trouble with the law?
They don't possess books. They only memorize them.
They are too good at hiding. They are never caught.
They beat up all of the authorities that come into their camp.
What allowed Granger and the other men around the fire to expect Montag’s arrival?
They had been watching the chase on a small TV.
Faber had already contacted them.
They work for the government.
They had no idea he was coming.
What book did Montag commit to memory?
The Book of Ecclesiastes
The Book of Job
1984
Hamlet
What did the police do when they lost Montag?
They deployed another squadron to find him.
They announced to the community that they lost him.
They used Mildred to lure him back.
To save face, they chased and killed a different man that was walking by himself.
Montag's city is bombed at the end of the novel.
True
False
This is the protagonist of the novel. He is the main character and is a fireman.
Captain Beatty
Guy Montag
Professor Faber
Granger
This character inspired Montag to think deeply, and asked him personal questions, which he found strange.
Faber
Clarisse
Mildred
Beatty
This character "socializes" with the television and friends she doesn't really talk to.
Montag
Clarisse
Mildred
Faber
Beatty
This character is a paradox because he or she claims to HATE books, yet they often quote them.
Faber
Beatty
Mildred
Clarisse
Montag
This character chose to burn herself and her books rather than to comply with the unlawful orders of the fireman.
Mildred
The lady on Elm Street
Clarisse
Faber
Beatty
Which character's cold heart shocked Montag when they called a woman who had just committed suicide "a fanatic".
Beatty
Faber
Mildred
Clarisse
This character is hit by a car in the story, and Montag is very sad about it.
Clarisse
Mildred
Faber
Beatty
Granger
This character cried when Montag read "The Sea of Faith" because it depicted a dark society like theirs.
Mildred
Clarisse
Faber
Mrs. Phelps
This character came to check out Montag at his home and suspected that he was breaking the law.
Faber
Clarisse
Mildred
Beatty
This character helps Montag and talks to him in his ear when he is at the firehouse.
Beatty
Mildred
Clarisse
Faber
This character felt like a coward for not speaking out against the repression of knowledge in society.
Mildred
Clarisse
Beatty
Faber
Montag
This character betrays Montag and turns him in for the crime of reading.
Mildred
Clarisse
Beatty
Faber
This character stalks Montag and could "sense" that he was breaking the law. It attacks him and stabs him in the leg.
Faber
The mechanical hound
Granger
Clarisse
Mildred
This character undergoes the greatest amount of change from the start of the novel.
Clarisse
Faber
Beatty
Mildred
Montag
Near the end of the book this new character helps Montag try to move forward as his old life is destroyed.
Beatty
Mildred
Granger
Clarisse
Mrs. Phelps
Who is the author of Fahrenheit 451?
Ray Bradbury
Ron Burgundy
Stephen King
W. W. Jacobs
What does Montag say he always smells like?
ash
kerosene
dust
dead skin
