Technology
Society vs. Individual
Entertainment/
Personality
Reading Comprehension
Critical Thinking
100
What do Mildred and the parlor walls represent?
They represent how technology has taken over their society.
100
Imagine you are explaining society vs. the individual to a first grader. What would you say in less than 50 words?
--answers may vary-- EXAMPLE: Society is a group and individual is yourself. A book that has a topic of "society vs. the individual" shows how someone can care about themselves more, or care about the betterment of the world.
100
Name one way that Entertainment is a theme to the book.
--answers may vary-- It shows how the TV keeps you addicted to the screen, and not toward your life.
100
What happens to the Beatty? the Hound?
Montag takes a flamethrower and burns both of them to the ground.
100
Name one similarity and one difference between Animal Farm and Fahrenheit 451.
-ANIMAL Farm is an allegory and satire, while Fahrenheit 451 is dystopian. --answers may vary--
200
Can you imagine our society changing into this in 150 years, when our generation will be gone. Cite examples on how our society is getting closer to this
--answers may vary-- ANSWER: There are thousands of new ideas that have made our lives easier. There is the Kindle, the Nook, and the iPad, and they are reinventing our usage of books.
200
What would Montag do if Clarisse hadn't shown up? Would he have leaned toward the society aspect or the individual aspect? Explain.
--answers may vary-- I believe that Montag would have been sucked into the world of technology if Clarisse had not been there. He needed someone to trigger the "emotion" side of him, that would make him doubt everything. Otherwise, he would have been a major individual-sided person
200
If Mildred took the Myers-Briggs test, what would she be? Why?
--answers may vary-- I believe that Mildred would be an ESFJ
200
Why doesn't Mildred tell Montag about Clarisse? How many days had past when he finds out what happened to her?
SHE FORGOT 4 DAYS
200
What do you think about the level of violence in the society? How does this compare to our society?
--answers may- vary-- THere is a high level of violence, but it is equally matching by the amount of violence shown in our world.
300
Do you believe society would be able to come to the point of TV being family? Why?
--answers may vary-- I believe that society would not go that far because humans would have the restraint to not be controlled by a T.V.
300
How is this theme prevalent throughout the book. Cite at least 2 examples throughout the book where Ray Bradbury expressed.
--answers may vary-- -Clarisse's ideas toward books. -Granger and his group putting books over lives
300
Using examples from the book, compare the types of activities used in the book as entertainment and what we do in real life.
--answers may vary-- People refer to their TV as part of their family which means they are engulfed in it. While our society is not to this extent, our lifestyles would not adapt well to no television.
300
What are the earplug radios in the novel called?
Seashells
300
What is the first line in the novel? What does it foreshadow about the book (generality is OK)?
"It was a pleasure to burn". --answers may vary-- This shows the stance of the people on books.
400
Do you believe TV is the enemy in this novel? IF YES: How does it replace literature and intellectualism? IF NO: Why not?
--answers may vary-- Yes, TV is the enemy due to its censorship on the world, the separation of families, and the elimination of sane talking.
400
Montag had 3 mentors, Clarisse, Faber, and Granger. How did each one put society over the individual (choose 2)?
--answer may vary-- EXAMPLE: Granger declared that books were more important than society on multiple occasions.He stated that they were the key to life. Clarisse put the thought of questioning other before her own. She wanted others to see life from a different point of view. This dream eventually cost her her life.
400
Site at least 2 examples of Guy's personality change in the book.
--answers may vary-- -burning books -compassion towards different types of people - appreciation of Clarrisse's ideas. -etc.
400
What is the significance of the title, Fahrenheit 451?
It is the temperature in which paper burns.
400
Why would society make "being a pedestrian" a crime? Explain with at least one source (no page number needed).
--answers may vary-- EXAMPLE: Being a pedestrian would be out of the ordinary for this society. A "pedestrian" would read, and do things that would not blend well with the rest of society. When the second hound kill the man, someone says that the government has kept track of everybody, and know who the "odd ones" are. Being a pedestrian would be abnormal, and they cannot have that in this society.
500
Do you believe that this could occur in 200 years: There will be no middle class. There will be only jobs that machines cannot do (judge, computer technician) as well as lower class ( people to clean, check, and organize machines).Machines will consume the majority of the world, as people are enslaved to them. Explain in detail your answer
--answers may vary-- I believe that this could not occur do to humans having restraint over what they make.
500
Who do you think believes more in the individuality vs the society, Mildred or Guy? Use at least one piece of evidence from the book.
--answers may vary-- TYPICAL ANSWER: Mildred is more toward the individuality over society. When Guy comes home from burning the women in her house, he complains about wanting books. Mildred immediately gets upset and says, "I hate her" because the women made him think of rebellion, and that would affect HER lifestyle.
500
Explain how the concepts of personality and entertainment overlap in the book.
--answers may vary-- People's varying degrees of obsession with technology reflects upon what type of personality they have. (Mildred=obsessed with television=lacks social skills Guy= Not avid television watcher= social and maintains conversations)
500
How long a time period does the novel cover?
A bit over 3 weeks (will accept 1 month)
500
Do you believe that Beatty really wanted to die? Give at least one reason, and one source from the book.
--answers may vary-- EXAMPLE: Yes, I believe that Beatty wanted to die. He allowed Montag to have a flamethrower, and continuously mocked him. He made Montag so angry, that Montag burned him to the ground.
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