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- 1. Multiple ChoiceAs a firefighter, what does Guy Montag do?Extinguish firesTeach children fire safetySet fires and burn booksSet fires to burn brush
- 2. Multiple ChoiceThis description of books, "While the flapping pigeon-winged books died on the porch and lawn of the house," is an example of ...personificationsimilemetaphorhyperbole
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat inferences can the audience make about the society they live in when Clarisse says, "I sometimes think drivers don't know what grass is, or flowers, because they never see them slowly?"The audience can infer that people do not go outsideThe audience can infer that flowers and grass do not existThe audience can infer that people do not driveThe audience can infer that most people drive very quickly
- 4. Multiple ChoiceGuy Montag, "wears his happiness like a mask," This simile means that...He is happyHe appears to be happy all the timeHe is hiding his unhapinessHis emotions change easily
- 5. Multiple ChoiceAccording to Montag, what smells like perfume?DandelionsIgnitersThe Parlor-WallsKerosene
- 6. Multiple ChoiceAfter her sleeping pill overdose, why did technicians treat Mildred instead of emergency room doctors?The Montag family could not afford doctors.There are no more doctors in this societyIncidents like this are so common that society invented a machine to fix peopleIncidents like this are so rare that doctors cannot help
- 7. Multiple ChoiceMontag describes his house as ...LovelyEntertainingEmptySad
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat does Montag think happened to the mechanical hound?It had been programmed to catch criminalsIt had been programmed to perform tricksIt had been programmed to chase peopleIt had been programmed to act aggressively toward Montag
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the old lady do?She locked herself in her house with her booksShe helped the firemen burn her booksShe left willingly with the firemenShe lit a match and committed suicide
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat happened to Clarisse?She was hit by a carShe movedShe was institutionalizedShe ran away from home
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat secret does Montag reveal to his wife after Captain Beatty leaves the house?He is not happyHe is having an affairHis hatred for his jobHis stash of books
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWho is Faber?Montag's friend from collegeMontag's brother-in-lawA retired English professorMildred's doctor
- 13. Multiple ChoiceIn regards to her children, Mrs. Bowles says, "I put up with them when they come home three days a month...You heave them into the 'parlor' and turn the switch. It's just like washing clothes (96)." This is an example of what kind of figurative language?similemetaphorpersonificationalliteration
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat can be inferred about what Mrs. Bowles says about her children?
"I put up with them when they come home three days a month...You heave them into the 'parlor' and turn the switch. It's just like washing clothes (96)."Women in this society hate their children and so they ship them awayWomen in this society view child-rearing as a burden because they are busy with their own livesWomen in this society prefer not to have kids because they have to wash their clothesWomen in this society miss their children a lot when they are away at school - 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat is Montag and Faber's plan?Reprogram the mechanical hound to attack firefightersBurn Faber and Montag's books to destroy any evidencePlant books in the houses of firefightersBurn down all of the fire stations
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhy do Montag and Faber think their plan will work?It will make society question firefighters and their intentionsThe firefighters have agreed to helpThe firefighters will burn their own houses downPeople will help burn the firefighters' houses
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat does Faber wear while riding the subway jets?BootsSki maskSunglassesEarplugs
- 18. Multiple ChoiceAfter reading the book of poetry, what did Montag do with the book?Hid it againBurned itGave it to Mrs. PhelpsTore it apart
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat is different in the fire truck on the way to the call?Captain Beatty is not drivingCaptain Beatty did not goMontag is drivingMontag did not go
- 20. Multiple ChoiceTo Montag, Captain Beatty says, "There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats, for I am arm'd so strong in honesty that they pass me as an idle wind, which I respect not!" (119). Cassius is a character in William Shakespeare's drama, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. This is called a(n)...metaphorsimilehyperboleallusion
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat kind of figurative language does Captain Beatty use in the quote below?
"There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats, for I am arm'd so strong in honesty that they pass me as an idle wind, which I respect not!"metaphorsimilepersonificationhyperbole - 22. Multiple ChoiceThe purpose of the figurative language in Captain Beatty's quote is to...
"There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats, for I am arm'd so strong in honesty that they pass me as an idle wind, which I respect not!"Compare Montag to CassiusCompare Montag's threats to an idle windAll of the aboveNone of the above - 23. Multiple ChoiceWho called in the first alarm for Montag's house?Mildred's friendsMildredCaptain BeattyFaber
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhy did Montag kill Captain Beatty?Captain Beatty wanted to dieMontag went crazy because his house was on fireMontag didn't want Captain Beatty to burn any more booksCaptain Beatty found out about the radio transmitter and threatened to find out who was on the other end
- 25. Multiple ChoiceHow many books did Montag find in his backyard?twothreefourfive
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWhat does Faber mean when he says, "There's lots of old Harvard degrees on the tracks between here and Los Angeles?"There are many abandoned paper degrees littering the train tracksThere are many educated people who have sought refuge from the city along the train tracksA person needs to go to Harvard before he/she can go to Los AngelesThere are many firefighters who live on the railroad tracks who burn Harvard degrees
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhy does Montag try to cover up his scent?He smells like fire and smokeHe hasn't showered in daysHe smells of whiskeyThe mechanical hound is tracking him
- 28. Multiple ChoiceHow do the men by the river preserve literature?They memorize a book and then burn itThey keep a secret stash of books buried by the riverThey read a book and then copy it down on paperThey copy the book on to microfiche
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWhat happens to the city at the end?It is rebuilt from the ashesThe men meet up with other groups of people and build a new cityIt is destroyed by teenagersIt is destroyed by the war
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhat is not a theme of the book?History is importantEducation is importantHaving fun is importantInterpersonal communication is important
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