40 questions
What book is Montag trying to memorize on the subway train on the way to Faber's house?
The Odyssey
The Bible
Gulliver's Travels
The Great Gatsby
How does Montag know who Faber is?
Montag met Faber at a park
Faber is a retired fire chief
Montag had gone on a call to Faber's house
Faber was Montag's old teacher
Montag's memory of the sieve could be a symbol of _______
How people have no choice
How fate is inevitable
How knowledge is hard to grasp
How time flies
When Montag comes home from Faber's house, _____
He reads the poem "Dover Beach" to Mildred and her friends
He finds out Mildred has been destroying his books
He hides the books in a new place
All of the above
Though Faber has clear morals and acts as a mentor to Montag, what is his biggest flaws?
Cowardice
Selfishness
Indifference
Pride
Ironically, what does Captain Beatty use to support his arguments about why books are dangerous?
News reports on the wall
The words of the president
Quotes from literature
Pictures of his family
How does Montag get Faber to agree to help him?
Bribes him with money
Begins tearing out pages of the Bible
Burns down his library
Threatens to turn him in
At the end of Part 2, the firemen go on a call to whose house?
The president's house
Faber's house
Montag's house
Clarisse's house
Why does Montag get angry with Mildred and her friends?
All they want to do is watch TV
They voted on candidates in the election for shallow reasons
They say that war is not important
All of the above
What are the three things we need from books according to Faber?
Leisure, time, and money
Quality of information, leisure, and freedom
Fire, matches, and money
Freedom, entertainment, and purpose
The book that Montag stole from the old woman's house is a copy of —
Frankenstein
The Bible
a collection of poetry
The Odyssey
A symbol is something in a story—an object, an image, a concept, etc.—that has some kind of deeper meaning than just the literal meaning. Montag's memory of the sieve could best be a symbol of —
how knowledge is elusive
how time flies
how people have no choice but to change over time
how fate is inevitable
Who says, "So now do you see why books are hated and feared? They show the pores in the face of life"?
Faber
Montag
Mildred
Clarisse
Who says, “Here we go to keep the world happy, Montag!”?
Clarisse
Faber
Beatty
Mildred
Who says, "Go home and think how it all happened and what did you ever do to stop it? Go home, go home! . . . Before I knock you down and kick you out the door!”?
Clarisse
Montag
Beatty
Faber
What was Faber's past profession?
a doctor
a politician
an English professor
a musician
Montag hides his copy of the bible when he is traveling to Faber's house on the subway.
True
False
Where do people of Montag's time go to receive their religion?
Bibles
church
school
their TV parlors
Why does Faber ask Montag to give him money?
Faber wants McDonald's.
Faber is in debt to the government.
Faber needs a new home.
Faber has a friend who can make them copies of books.
Montag decides to not turn any of his books in to Captain Beatty.
True
False
Who was outside Montag and Midlred's door while Montag was reading the books he grabbed from his ceiling vents?
Faber
Clarisse
the mechanical hound
Captain Beatty
What literary device is shown in the quote "The parlor was dead and Mildred kept peering in at it with a blank expression…”
simile
personification
allusion
Which line shows Mrs. Bowles cold, detached tone when she talks about her children?
“I’ve had two children by Caesarean section.”
“I put up with them when they come home three days a month."
“Besides, they sometimes look just like you, and that’s nice.”
Bradbury includes the phrase "Some were missing and he knew that she had started on her own slow process of dispersing the dynamite in her house, stick by stick." to show that:
Mildred wants the books out of her house so she doesn't lose everything.
Mildred burns the books to heat the house since it is cold outside.
Mildred likes the books so much she is about to explode.
What is the main communication difficulty between Montag and Mildred?
Mildred rarely hears Montag because there is always some form of distraction in her ears
He doesn't listen to her because she is always talking about politics
They hate each other so they never try to communicate
Mildred is so much smarter than Montag that he can't keep up with her breezy conversation
What problem does Montag face regarding which book to turn into Beatty?
Montag isn't sure if Beatty knows which book Montag has.
Mildred mixed the books up, so he isn't sure which one he took from the lady's house.
Montag thinks Beatty will set the mechanical hound to Montag even if he returns a book.
Montag cannot face Beatty and the other firemen knowing his feelings now about books.
Which of the following is NOT something Faber says society needs regarding books?
quality of information
rights to act on what is read
leisure time to absorb information
tutors to help people understand information
What does Montag read to Mildred and her friends?
a famous letter
an excerpt from a novel
a speech about freedom
part of a poem
Mildred and her friends mostly base their presidential votes based on a candidates _________?
opinions
appearance
education
money
When Montag is having trouble memorizing the Bible, Bradbury uses “The Sieve and the Sand” to show which dystopian trait?
The government wants everyone to go to the beach.
Propaganda is used to control citizen’s thoughts.
Citizens fear the outside world.