Fahrenheit 451 - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

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All of the following are themes in the book EXCEPT:

Willful Ignorance

Media/Technology

Ignorance vs. Knowledge

Fate vs. Free Will

2.

Multiple Choice

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Who was the leader of the book people?

Granger

Montag

Beatty

Clarisse

3.

Multiple Choice

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Why does Faber consider himself a coward?

Faber saw negative things happening in society and did nothing to change it.

He is afraid of the mechanical hound

He is afraid of fire

He can't face Beatty himself

4.

Multiple Choice

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What happens in Montag's final confrontation with Captain Beatty?

Montag kills Beatty

Beatty kills Montag

Montag is arrested

Montag goes to jail

5.

Multiple Choice

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How does the manhunt for Montag end?

The government captures an innocent man instead of Montag.

Montag is killed by the government

Montag surrenders

Beatty shoots Montag

6.

Multiple Choice

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Who are the men Montag meets in the woods?

People who have memorized books that can be transcribed to save civilization

War veterans

Retired firemen

Criminals who escaped from jail

7.

Multiple Choice

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Who said this? "Do you know why books such as this are so important? Because they have quality. And what does the word quality mean? To me it means texture. This book has pores."

Faber

Montag

Beatty

Granger

8.

Multiple Choice

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Fahrenheit 451 is the temperature at which ___________ burns?

paper

wood

clothes

buildings

9.

Multiple Choice

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What mythical creature is on Montag's uniform?

A cyclops

A dragon

A centaur

A phoenix

10.

Multiple Choice

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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 a different man that was walking by himself.

11.

Multiple Choice

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

Her husband

Her television family

The books

Her pills

12.

Multiple Choice

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When Captain Beatty speaks with Montag at the firehouse near the end of Part 2, it is clear that:

Montag is going to kill Captain Beatty

Captain Beatty will kill Montag

Captain Beatty knows that Montag has been reading books

Captain Beatty knows that Montag made someone cry

13.

Multiple Choice

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At the end of Part 2, the house Montag and Captain Beatty need to burn is:

Mrs. Phelp's house

Beatty's house

Montag's house

Faber's house

14.

Multiple Choice

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Which 2 literary devices are most common in the novel?

allusions and symbolism

alliteration and assonance

allegory and humor

hyperbole and onomatopoeia

15.

Multiple Choice

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In Part 3 when Captain Beatty is with Montag at Montag's house, Captain Beatty compares Montag to which Greek figure?

Icarus

Zeus

Medusa

Hercules

16.

Multiple Choice

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One of the major themes is the concept of burning. Why are 'burning' and 'fire' significant to the story?

Burning can be seen as a form of punishment

Burning and fire can be seen as a form of rebirth and new beginnings

Burning and fire can be seen as giving order to society

Burning and fire are not significant to the book

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