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Who is the author of Fahrenheit 451?
Ray Bradbury
What is the significance of 451 degrees in Fahrenheit
It the degree at which paper burns
What is the title of Part 1?
What is the Title of Part 2?
The Sieve and the Sand
What was Faber's old profession?
(100p)
English Professor
What is a Hearth?
What is a Salamander?
1. Hearth - part of a fireplace
2. Salamander - lizard-like creature (real creature) but involved in mythology that considers it to be able to live/ exist in fire without being burned
They are called to burn a house - it is Montag's house
What doe Montag read to Mildred, Mrs Bowles and Mrs Phelps?
Why does Mrs Phelps cry?
1. He reads a poem - Dover Beach
2. The poem makes Mrs Phelps feel real emotions
Why does Faber call himself a coward?
Because he didn't stand up and stop the book burnings when they happened.
What does Mrs Bowles do with her children?
(100p)
Sends them off to school and then puts them in front of the TV when they get home
"She was the first person I can remember who looked straight at me as if I counted"
1. Who said it? (100)
2. Who is it about (100)
3. What is the context of the scene? (100)
1. Montag
2. Clarisse
3. Montag and Mildred are reading at the start of part 2 and begin to talk about Clarisse.
What are the two criterions that the ladies use when deciding who to vote for?
What does this reveal about their character?
How good-looking/ tall political candidates are
It reveals that the ladies are very shallow and don't have intellectually stimulating conversations.
2. Who gives it/ Who uses it?
3. What is it used for?
2. Faber gives it to Montag
3. Faber is going to read to Montag at night and help him with Cap. Beatty
What does this show about her view towards knowledge?
What does this show about her relationship with Montag?
1. Burns them
2. She isn't interested in gaining knowledge - she thinks it is useless
3. She goes behind Montag's back, isn't supportive of him, isn't willing to stand with him.
What is Montag and Faber's plan?
(100p)
To make copies of books and hide them in the homes of fireman
How are family relationships in Fahrenheit 451 and in The Giver similar?
Give specific examples
Specific examples up to Miss Mac/ Atherton
Describe a moment that changes Montag's worldview - explain the change.
Mildred's overdose
Clarisse asking if he is happy
Watching the old lady die
Reading the hidden books
Meeting up with Faber
Explain the value placed on human life in both The Giver and in Fahrenheit 451
(Is human life valued/ not valued in a similar way?)
Up to Miss Mac/ Atherton
What are the three things Faber thinks are missing that people need?
1. Quality of information
2. Leisure to digest it (Time to think)
3. Right to carry out actions based on what we learn from the inter-action of the first two (right to chose actions based on knowledge)
Name the two books of the Bible that Montag remembers
(150p because it's hard)
Ecclesiastes & Revelation