Characters
Guy Montag is a fireman, but what makes his job ironic?
He burns books, when firemen traditionally put out fires.
A fireman's primary job is this.
Burning books
Teenager's favourite pastimes
Driving too fast, killing people, sports, or destroying things.
What is the one question that Montag is asked that begins to change the way he sees his world?
"Are you happy?"
"I'm afraid of children my own age. They kill each other. Did it always use to be that way? My uncle says no."
Clarisse
Montag's boss
Beatty
The robotic 'creature' injects morphine into Montag's leg.
The Hound
The first American Fireman.
Benjamin Franklin
The flower Clarisse uses to see if Montag is in love with anyone.
dandelion
“Lots of Harvard degrees on the tracks between here and Los Angeles.”
Faber
The retired English professor
Montag plants a book in this fireman's house and then calls it in.
Black's
The society has done this with Jesus Christ.
Put him on television and used him to sell products.
What is Mildred's favourite TV show?
The White Clown
"How are your children Mrs. Phelps?"
Montag
The name of Mildred's friends (2)
Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Bowles
What book does Montag try to memorize on the subway?
The Bible
The three things Faber says are missing from society.
Quality of information, the leisure to digest it, and the right to act based on the first two.
Montag read this poem to Mildred and her friends, which showed them their ignorance.
Dover Beach
‘Well... now you did it. Old Montag wanted to fly near the sun and now that he’s burnt his damn wings, he wonders why. Didn’t I hint enough when I sent the Hound around your place?’
Beatty
The leader of the "Harvard degrees."
Granger
Near the end of the novel, Montag realizes that fire is not necessarily destructive, and instead can be seen as what?
Warming
As Montag burns down his own home, people treat it like a "___________."
carnival
How do the "Harvard degrees" in the wilderness keep stories so they won’t get caught?
Memorization
‘Everyone must leave something behind when he dies [...] A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made [...] something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die’?
Granger