A Pleasure to Burn
In 1933 Germany, Nazis set massive bonfires and burned thousands of books written by these groups of people.
Who are Jews, communists, and others
The firemen's mascot in the novel.
What is the Mechanical Hound.
Clarisse makes reference to this short story written by Bradbury when telling Montag about her uncle.
What is "The Pedestrian".
According to mythology, this is the salamander's relation to fire.
What is it lives in fire.
Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451 in this year.
What is 1953.
The most common reason books are challenged.
What is inappropriate language and/or content.
This medical emergency introduces us to one of the female characters at the beginning of the novel.
Who is Mildred overdosing on sleeping pills.
Before burning in her home, the woman repeats the phrase, "Play the man", in reference to these 16th-century martyrs.
Who are Latimer and Ridley.
What is "Dover Beach"
Bradbury lived during the time of this historic U.S. event that put an end to WWII.
What is the Atomic Bomb and the threat of nuclear war.
The length of time Montag has been a fireman.
What is 10 years.
Bradbury uses these two characters to represent the moral and intellectual breakdown of society and the natural world as the antidote.
Who are Mildred and Clarisse.
Captain Beatty quotes this 16th-century poet and playwright multiple times throughout the novel.
Who is William Shakespeare.
Established in 1790, his historical figure is credited by the fireman as being the "First Fireman".
Who is Benjamin Franklin.
Bradbury is alarmed by the popularity of this new technology he deems "the idiot box".
What is the television.
The significance of the number 451.
What is the temperature in Fahrenheit Bradbury was told paper began to burn.
Bradbury describes the civilians in his novel as this as they exit their homes to watch Montag's chase at the end of the novel.
What is grey zombies.
Montag will become the dust jacket for this book in the bible.
What is the the book of Ecclesiastes.
Montag recalls a day as a child sitting on the beach trying to fill a sieve with sand. Also the title of Part 2 of the novel, the sieve and sand come to represent this.
What is knowledge.
Bradbury refused to have his work published in this format.
What is digitized.
Montag places a book in the home of this fireman as he flees the city.
Who is Mr. Black
Beatty justifies censorship because of this belief he holds about what prevents peoples happiness.
What are the conflicting ideas in books.
The title of part 3, "The Burning Bright" comes from the title of this 1794 poem written by William Blake.
What is "Tiger, Tiger".
The dual nature of fire is explored throughout the novel. Montag comes to view fire as ____________ and ____________.
What is destructive and warmth.
Bradbury says there are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is ______________.
What is not reading them.