Clarisse claims that firemen used to do THIS in the past, not what they currently do in the novel.
What is extinguish fires?
100
This is the reason that Mildred needed her stomach pumped.
What is she downed a whole bottle of pills?
100
Before giving the history of why books are burned, Captain Beatty walks in to the Montag residence initially for what?
What is to see if Guy Montag, who was ill, was doing okay.
200
This is the name of the main character's wife.
Who is Mildred Montag?
200
Fire Department rule books also publish a brief history of the Firemen. They show that the fire department originated to burn these
What are English-influenced books in the Colonies?
200
Guy Montag did this as it began to rain, only minutes after he watched his wife's stomach pumped.
What is watch the conversation at the McClellan's residence?
200
The rise in interest of these types of games helped lead to the doing away with books.
What is sports?
300
This is the name of the person the main character meets, a free spirit who constantly gives him musings of nature, but eventually disappears without notice.
Who is Clarisse McClellan?
300
The Fire Department rule book lists this person as the first fire fighter.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
300
Fill In the Blank: “You must understand that our civilization is so vast that we can’t have our _______ be upset and stirred” (59).
What is minorities?
400
This is the name of the main character's boss at the fire station.
Who is Captain Beatty?
400
Towards the end of Part 1, Captain Beatty begins telling Guy why books are actually burned. Beatty claims that although the rule book said it was earlier, the burnings actually started during THIS American milestone, when “photography came into its own.”
What is the Civil War?
400
What does Guy have hidden in his vents at his house?
What are books (about 20)?
400
“There was no dictum, no declaration, no censorship to start with, no!” Captain Beatty said this while talking about what/whom?
What is the Government?
500
This is the name of the canine contraption used at the fire department.
What/who is the Mechanical Hound?
500
Fill in the blank:
____________, like Hamlet, were following a trend of becoming exponentially shorter. This is demonstrated with them becoming 15-minute radio shows, 2-minute book columns and 1-page digests.
What are classics?
500
In the one actual "firefighting" scene, how is the fire actually started?