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Fahrenheit 451

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who doesn't want children?

a)

Clarisse

b)

Montag

c)

Mildred

d)

Beatty

2.

What happened to Clarisse's friends?

a)

She dropped them when she became friends with Montag.

b)

They were caught reading books and sent to prison.

c)

They were shot dead or died in car accidents.

d)

Being antisocial, she has no friends.

3.

What happens at the fun park?

a)

bullying

b)

break things

c)

wreck things

d)

all of the above

4.

Why does Montag suddenly feel empty?

a)

He gets caught with a book.

b)

He has a failed marriage.

c)

Clarisse is gone.

d)

He gets fired.

5.

What about war?

a)

The war is over.

b)

Montag wants to join the war effort.l

c)

Clarisse has been shipped off to fight in the war.

d)

The war can begin at any moment.

6.

Part 1 is called The Hearth and the Salamander. A Hearth is a fireplace. What literary example is this?

a)

imagery

b)

metaphor

c)

symbolism

d)

irony

7.

What is something strange about the firemen?

a)

They all look exactly like Montag.

b)

They all hate books.

c)

They all love their jobs.

d)

Most of them are secretly reading books.

8.

Who is taken to an insane asylum?

a)

Mildred

b)

Clarisse

c)

The man Montag talked to in the park.

d)

The man whose house was raided.

9.

Who feels like a father figure?

a)

Beatty

b)

Montag

c)

Stoneman

d)

Black

10.

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?

a)

He is immediately arrested.

b)

He receives a warning.

c)

He is allowed to keep it for 24 hours.

d)

He is immediately terminated.

11.

"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?

a)

Faber

b)

Beatty

c)

Granger

d)

Medic

12.

What do the numbers 451 represent?

a)

number of firehouses in the country

b)

Temperature at which books turn to dust.

c)

Temperature at which books burn.

d)

Highest temperature a fireman's suit can withstand heat.

13.

"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

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

c)

simile

d)

metaphor

14.

What is the hound's reaction to Montag?

a)

The hound likes Montag.

b)

The hound plays with Montag.

c)

The hound growls at Montag.

d)

The hound hides from Montag.

15.

According to Clarisse, how is Montag "not like the others"?

a)

He thinks about his job.

b)

He takes walks with her.

c)

He is suspicious of her.

d)

He looks at her and actually listens.

16.

With what excuse does Montag attempt to avoid going in to work?

a)

His wife is sick.

b)

He has errands to run.

c)

He is depressed.

d)

He is feeling sick.

17.

What mythical creature symbolizes rebirth from the ashes in Fahrenheit 451?

a)

salamander

b)

centaur

c)

phoenix

d)

dragon

18.

How old is Montag?

a)

20

b)

30

c)

25

d)

35

19.

Clarisse was part of the old society where talking and thinking were appreciated. How was this viewed by the others?

a)

She was socially elite.

b)

She was regarded as holy.

c)

She was thought to be insane.

d)

She was thought to be nosey.

20.

Who said "You laugh when I Haven't been funny."

a)

Clarisse

b)

Mildred

c)

Cpt. Beatty

d)

Mr. Montag

21.

Handymen were also ___________.

a)

Authors

b)

Artists

c)

Plumbers

d)

Medical technicians

22.

Who likes to drive fast?

a)

Flash Slothmore

b)

Montag

c)

Mildred

d)

Capt. Beatty

23.

The hound has a ________ tongue.

a)

screw driver

b)

needle

c)

hammer

d)

rope

24.

Who says "All we put into it is hunting and finding and killing."

a)

Medical Tecnicians

b)

Montag

c)

Dahmer

d)

Capt. Beatty

25.

Who refers to relationships with people as disposable tissue?

a)

Montag

b)

Old Woman

c)

Clarisse's Uncle

d)

Mildred

26.

To crush, beat, pound into powder, or dust.

a)

Hit

b)

Pulverized

c)

Soak

d)

Wash

27.

What is kerosene?

a)

Foam

b)

Water

c)

Flammable liquid

d)

Carrot soup

28.

Olfactory system

a)

Sense of smell

b)

Sense of taste

c)

Hearing

d)

Vision

29.

What is a building or room that houses a tomb or tombs.

a)

coffin

b)

Graveyard

c)

Mausoleum

d)

morgue

30.

Pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury).

a)

figure

b)

feign

c)

force

d)

feeling

31.

Who turned Montag in for possessing books?

a)

Mildred

b)

Faber

c)

Beatty

d)

Clarisse

32.
What is Mildred's main concern as she runs out of the house?
a)
Her husband
b)
Her television family
c)
The books
d)
Her pills
33.

What does Beatty demand of Montag after the alarm sends them to Montag's house?

a)

Burn the Mechanical hound.

b)

Burn Mildred.

c)

Burn all of his books and his house.

d)

Burn Faber.

34.

Which character does Montag kill with the flamethrower?

a)

Mildred

b)

Faber

c)

Captain Beatty

d)

Granger

35.

After Montag kills Beatty, the Mechanical Hound injects Montag in the....

a)

leg

b)

neck

c)

abdomen

d)

arm

36.

Where did Montag hide his last remaining books?

a)

In the house of a fireman

b)

In a bush behind a gas station

c)

At Faber's House

d)

He threw them in the river.

37.

After killing Beatty, who does Montag visit while on his way to Faber's house?

a)

He visits the home of a firefighter to plant books and call in an alarm.

b)

He visits Clarisse at her new house.

c)

He visits Mildred at her new house.

d)

He visits Beatty's wife to apologize for killing her husband.

38.
What did the police tell the community to do so that they could catch Montag?
a)
Turn on their flashlights and shine them outside.
b)
Look outside of their homes at the same time.
c)
Chase after anyone who looked like Montag.
d)
Follow the chase on their televisions.
39.

While on the run from the second Mechanical Hound, how does Montag manage to eliminate his scent?

a)

He sprays a lot of cologne on his clothes.

b)

He rolls around in the mud to cover his scent.

c)

He wears Beatty's clothes to trick the hound.

d)

He jumps in the river to let it carry him and his scent away.

40.

Where does Faber suggest that Montag go to avoid being captured?

a)

Back to his house to hide.

b)

The countryside to hide with other outcasts.

c)

To Clarisse's abandoned home to hide.

d)

Downtown in the city to hide.

41.
When Montag started to follow the railroad tracks, what crossed his mind?
a)
Captain Beatty and the years he worked at the fire station.
b)
Mildred and their marriage.
c)
Clarisse once walked the same path.
d)
The woman who died with her books.
42.

Who is the leader of the group that Montag meets in the woods?

a)

Clarisse

b)

Faber

c)

Beatty

d)

Granger

43.

Why do Granger and his group not get into trouble with the law?

a)

They don't possess books. They only memorize them.

b)

They are too good at hiding. They are never caught.

c)

They beat up all of the authorities that come into their camp.

44.

What allowed Granger and the other men around the fire to expect Montag’s arrival?

a)

They had been watching the chase on a small TV.

b)

Faber had already contacted them.

c)

They work for the government.

d)

They had no idea he was coming.

45.

What book did Montag commit to memory?

a)

The Book of Ecclesiastes

b)

The Book of Job

c)

1984

d)

Hamlet

46.

What did the police do when they lost Montag?

a)

They deployed another squadron to find him.

b)

They announced to the community that they lost him.

c)

They used Mildred to lure him back.

d)

To save face, they chased and killed a different man that was walking by himself.

47.

Montag's city is bombed at the end of the novel.

a)

True

b)

False

48.

This is the protagonist of the novel. He is the main character and is a fireman.

a)

Captain Beatty

b)

Guy Montag

c)

Professor Faber

d)

Granger

49.

This character inspired Montag to think deeply, and asked him personal questions, which he found strange.

a)

Faber

b)

Clarisse

c)

Mildred

d)

Beatty

50.

This character "socializes" with the television and friends she doesn't really talk to.

a)

Montag

b)

Clarisse

c)

Mildred

d)

Faber

e)

Beatty

51.

This character is a paradox because he or she claims to HATE books, yet they often quote them.

a)

Faber

b)

Beatty

c)

Mildred

d)

Clarisse

e)

Montag

52.

This character chose to burn herself and her books rather than to comply with the unlawful orders of the fireman.

a)

Mildred

b)

The lady on Elm Street

c)

Clarisse

d)

Faber

e)

Beatty

53.

Which character's cold heart shocked Montag when they called a woman who had just committed suicide "a fanatic".

a)

Beatty

b)

Faber

c)

Mildred

d)

Clarisse

54.

This character is hit by a car in the story, and Montag is very sad about it.

a)

Clarisse

b)

Mildred

c)

Faber

d)

Beatty

e)

Granger

55.

This character cried when Montag read "The Sea of Faith" because it depicted a dark society like theirs.

a)

Mildred

b)

Clarisse

c)

Faber

d)

Mrs. Phelps

56.

This character came to check out Montag at his home and suspected that he was breaking the law.

a)

Faber

b)

Clarisse

c)

Mildred

d)

Beatty

57.

This character helps Montag and talks to him in his ear when he is at the firehouse.

a)

Beatty

b)

Mildred

c)

Clarisse

d)

Faber

58.

This character felt like a coward for not speaking out against the repression of knowledge in society.

a)

Mildred

b)

Clarisse

c)

Beatty

d)

Faber

e)

Montag

59.

This character betrays Montag and turns him in for the crime of reading.

a)

Mildred

b)

Clarisse

c)

Beatty

d)

Faber

60.

This character stalks Montag and could "sense" that he was breaking the law. It attacks him and stabs him in the leg.

a)

Faber

b)

The mechanical hound

c)

Granger

d)

Clarisse

e)

Mildred

61.

This character undergoes the greatest amount of change from the start of the novel.

a)

Clarisse

b)

Faber

c)

Beatty

d)

Mildred

e)

Montag

62.

Near the end of the book this new character helps Montag try to move forward as his old life is destroyed.

a)

Beatty

b)

Mildred

c)

Granger

d)

Clarisse

e)

Mrs. Phelps

63.

Who is the author of Fahrenheit 451?

a)

Ray Bradbury

b)

Ron Burgundy

c)

Stephen King

d)

W. W. Jacobs

64.
In the beginning of the book, what does Montag think of his job?
a)
He doesn't really like the job because he thought fireman only PUT out not start fire.
b)
Montag thinks his job is entertaining and he enjoys what he does
65.

What does Montag say he always smells like?

a)

ash

b)

kerosene

c)

dust

d)

dead skin