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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the opening line of Fahrenheit 451?
"The temperature at which book paper catches fire, and burns... "
"If they give you ruled paper, write the other way."
"It was a pleasure to burn."
"It was a pleasure to eat."
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is Part One of Fahrenheit 451 called?
The Hearth and the Salamander
The Sieve and the Sand
The Days of our Lives
Burning Bright
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is a hearth?
Name of firetruck
Floor of a fireplace
Name of hound
Fire-station's nickname
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is a salamander?
a mythical animal typically represented as a horse with a single straight horn projecting from its forehead.
a creature with the head, arms, and torso of a man and the body and legs of a horse.
a unique bird believed to burn itself on a funeral pyre and rise from the ashes with renewed youth to live through another cycle.
a mythical lizard-like creature said to live in fire or to be able to withstand its effects.
- 5. Multiple Choice
In the opening scene of Fahrenheit 451, Montag compares the hose the firemen use to-
A great python
A conductor
A symphony
A marshmallow on a stick
- 6. Multiple Choice
How many legs does the mechanical hound have?
Two
Four
Six
Eight
- 7. Multiple Choice
When Montag first sees Clarisse in Fahrenheit 451, he describes how "her dress was white and it whispered" (Bradbury 5). What type of figurative language is this?
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
- 8. Multiple Choice
"Her face bright as snow in the moonlight" (Bradbury 7). What type of figurative language is this?
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
- 9. Multiple Choice
"Her face, turned to him now, was fragile milk crystal" (Bradbury 7). What type of figurative language is this?
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
- 10. Multiple Choice
"It was like a great bee come home from some field where the honey is full of poison wildness" (Bradbury 24). What type of figurative language is this?
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is the effect of comparing Montag and Mildred's bedroom to a tomb?
It shows that their relationship is "dead"
It shows that their relationship lacks real feeling or emotion
It shows that their relationship is meaningless to both of them
All of the above
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is the effect of comparing books to birds?
It makes the books harder to destroy since they have lifelike qualities
It makes the birds seem like paper
The books have come to life and are flying around the room
The birds are smarter than humans since they are reading books
- 13. Multiple Choice
What is the effect of comparing Clarisse to a time bomb?
Clarisse was blown up during the war going on around them
Clarisse would have eventually been caught for doing something against the law in their society
Clarisse takes too much time to think about things
Clarisse has a temper and gets mad easily
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