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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat is an archetype?an overarching ideathe place where Montag worksthe template for a storya universal symbol or prototype
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the significance of the phoenix?a bird that is able to rejuvenate itself from kerosenean animal that is resistant to firea bird that continually rises from the ashesa creature that turns to ash when burned
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat realization does Montag come to regarding his wife Mildred?She understands what he's going throughShe is far more intelligent than ClarisseHe doesn't like herHe doesn't really know her
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe Mechanical Hound at the fire station is a technological version of which item?an attack doga firehouse Dalmatianthe crane mechanism used to help firefighters enter a homethe metal extension piece that the firehose is connect to
- 5. Multiple ChoiceCaptain Beatty believes Montag's questions and unhappiness are unexpressed feelings of...angerfearguiltdishonesty
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat two things make Montag realize that he much change his life?A woman chooses to burn with her books and Clarisse diesA woman refuses to give up her books and Clarisse moves awayA neighbor reports Clarisse's books and Clarisse kills herselfHis wife betrays him and Clarisse is there to comfort him
- 7. Multiple Choice
Mildred overdoses on:
alcohol
Prozac
Ritalin
sleeping pills
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following does Mildred NOT use as a means of escape?
pills
radio
television
knitting
- 9. Multiple Choice
Montag steals _____ from an alarm.
a book
matches
a radio
a lamp
- 10. Multiple Choice
What happens when the fire team chops into an old woman's home and find her books?
They brutally beat her and then set her books ablaze.
She has a heart attack and dies.
The woman strikes a match on the kerosene-soaked pile of books and dies.
The firemen each take one of the books before setting them on fire.
- 11. Multiple Choice
After Beatty leaves his house, Montag _____ his books.
burns
reads
throws away
admires
- 12. Multiple Choice
The Mechanical Hound tracks down its prey by its __________?
address
height and weight
looks
chemical complex
- 13. Multiple Choice
What important question does Clarisse ask Montag at the beginning of the novel?
"Will you protect me?"
"Are you a criminal?"
"Are you happy?"
"How long can you keep doing this?"
- 14. Multiple Choice
What is the significance of the book's title?It is the temperature at which houses burn.It is temperature at which the Earth melts.It is the name of the police building.Books burn at this temperature. - 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the significance of the salamander?it renews its skin in fireit is the universal symbol of all firemenIt is eternally renewed from the ashesit is resistant to water
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which of the following does Mildred NOT use as a means of escape?
pills
radio
television
knitting
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat does melancholy mean?extreme anxietyextreme jealousyextreme sadnessextreme happiness
- 18. Multiple ChoiceAccording to the novel, what do the numbers 451 represent?The number of firehouses in the country.The number of books burned each year.The temperature at which books burn.The number of days Granger has been on the run.
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat word became a swear word?intellectualbooksMechanical Hounddissadisfaction
- 20. Multiple ChoiceChoose the word that is defined by: "extremely hungry"ravenousjargonstagnantodious
- 21. Multiple ChoiceChoose the word that is defined by: "showing no activity"stokeobjectivityproclivitystagnant
- 22. Multiple ChoiceChoose the word that is defined by: "fake"melancholyodiousfeignstagnant
- 23. Multiple Choice
"The autumn leaves blew over the moonlit pavement in such a way as to make the girl who was moving there seem fixed to a sliding walk, letting the motion of the wind and the leaves carry her forward." (p. 3 Fahrenheit 451)
This is an example of
imagery
foreshadowing
plot
archetype
- 24. Multiple Choice
"Before he reached the corner, however, he slowed as if a wind had sprung up from nowhere, as if someone had called his name." (p. 2 Fahrenheit 451)
This is an example of
imagery
foreshadowing
plot
archetype
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