Characters and Relationships
This curious teenager enjoys conversation and makes Montag question his life.
(Hint: Think of the character who is different from others in her neighborhood.)
Clarisse McClellan
The job firemen perform in this society. (Short answer)
To burn books (enforce censorship)
The mechanical creature used by the firemen to track and hurt people.
The Mechanical Hound
Identify the device in: “There must be something in books… you don’t stay for nothing.”
symbol- books represent something powerful
Olfactory — this word relates to which sense?
Smell (the sense of smell)
Montag’s wife who is obsessed with the parlor walls and uses seashell radios.
Mildred Montag
What does Montag steal from a woman’s house after a burning that changes him?
A book
The title of the section that represents the mind trying to hold knowledge (two words).
The Sieve and the Sand
Identify the device in: “[T]he flapping pigeon-winged books died on the porch…”
Metaphor
Define: condemn (short example and definition).
Condemn — to strongly disapprove of or declare wrong
The fire captain who is well read but enforces book burning; he often quotes literature to Montag.
Captain Beatty
What happens to the woman who chooses to stay with her books when the firemen come?
She chooses to stay and is burned with the books (she lights herself)
The mythical bird symbol referenced in the novel that represents renewal and rebirth.
The Phoenix
Identify the device in: “He opened the bedroom door. It was like coming into the cold marbled room of a mausoleum…”
Simile
Use the vocabulary word “invigorate” in a sentence related to Montag’s experience. (Define and use it in a sentence)
Example: “After reading, Montag felt invigorated and more determined to learn.”
The former English professor who helps Montag understand books and gives him a device to communicate.
Faber (Professor Faber)
Why does Montag kill Captain Beatty? (Brief explanation)
Beatty provokes and threatens Montag; Montag kills Beatty to protect himself and break Beatty’s control.
Explain one way the river functions as a symbol for Montag. (Short answer)
The river symbolizes escape, cleansing, and a new beginning.
Identify the device in: “The Mechanical Hound slept but did not sleep, lived but did not live …”
Paradox
Multiple choice — Which vocabulary word means “to smash, destroy”?
a. jowls b. converge c. pulverize d. waft
c. pulverize
The relative of Clarisse who most influences her, often talks with her, and was once arrested for being a pedestrian.
Clarisse’s uncle
How does Montag escape the city and what natural feature helps guide him to safety?
He follows the river to escape; the river helps hide him and guide him toward the Book People.
Identify two major themes of the novel and briefly explain how the plot shows each theme. (Two short sentences)
Censorship (book burning, suppression) and reliance on technology/alienation (parlor walls, seashell radios isolating people)
Name the device and explain how Beatty’s allusion to Icarus functions in the story. (Short explanation)
Allusion (to Icarus); Beatty’s allusion warns about the danger of reaching too far for knowledge and reveals Beatty’s own familiarity with literature.
Provide the best synonym for “imperceptible” from the list: (a) obvious (b) barely noticeable (c) loud (d) clear — then use that synonym in a sentence about the Hound pinging under the ocean.
(b) barely noticeable — Example sentence: “The Hound’s pinging became barely noticeable beneath the waves, so rescuers could not find the wreckage.”