Characters
Events
Literary Devices
Vocabulary
100
Who is the protagonist of the book?
Guy Montag
100
What happens to Clarisse and her family?
She is hit by a car, and her family moves away.
100

What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor? 

Both are comparisons of two (usually) unlike things, but a simile uses "like" or "as"

100
Drench: "Toast popped out of the silver toaster, was seized by a spidery metal hand that drenched it with melted butter."
Drench: To soak somebody or something and to make completely wet
200
Who does Montag meet on his way home from work at the beginning of the book?
Clarisse McClellen
200
Who dies in Montag's place?
An innocent man out for a midnight stroll
200

What type of figurative language is being used? "He lay far across the room from her, on a winter island separated by an empty sea."

Metaphor

200
Sieve: "Once as a child he had sat upon a yellow dune by the sea in the middle of the blue and hot summer day, trying to fill a sieve with sand, become some cruel…"
Sieve: A type of meshed utensil; a strainer
300
What is the name and former profession of the man who helps Montag escape the city?
Faber; English professor
300
What was disturbing about the night Mildred overdosed?
The 'technicians' didn't seem to care, and said attempted suicide was very common.
300
What literary device is being used? "With an effort, Montag reminded himself again that this was no fictional episode to be watched on his run to the river; it was in actuality his own chess game he was witnessing, move by move."
Metaphor
300
Wary: “But the fire was there and he approached warily, from a long way off.”
Wary: Cautious and alert for problems
400
Why does Faber blame himself for the way the world is?
He believes that men like him should have stood up for books, instead of hiding away like cowards.
400
What book does Montag represent (have memorized) by the end of the story?
The Book of Ecclesiastes from the Bible
400

What is the effect of comparing books to fluttering pigeons? Why do you think Bradbury uses this? “Books bombarded his shoulders, his arms, his upturned face. A book lit, almost obediently, like a white pigeon, in his hands, wings fluttering,”

Contributes to a sense of erratic movement and franticness!

400
Insidious: “‘It’s an insidious plan, if I do say so myself.’ Faber glanced nervously at his bedroom door.”
Insidious: Intended to entrap, entice, or trick
500
Describe the changes that Montag's character goes through during the story.
-Starts to doubt his happiness -Starts to doubt society's happiness -Begins reading books -Begins working against his former job -Ends up seeing society as broken -Etc.
500

Create a possible theme statement based on the novel. 

Answers will vary

500

“And he remembered thinking then that if [Mildred] died, he was certain he wouldn’t cry. For it would be the dying of an unknown, a street face, a newspaper image.” What is the effect of comparing Mildred to an "unknown" and a "street face" in this metaphor? 


Bradbury is suggesting that Mildred and Montag's relationship is so shallow that he hardly knows enough about her to mourn her when she dies. They're like strangers, despite being married. 


500
Odious: "Beatty, Stoneman, and Black ran up the sidewalk, suddenly odious and fat in their plump fireproof slickers.”
Odious: Inspiring hatred, contempt, or disgust
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