The Ladies
What does Mildred say is more real than books?
"The Family" in the parlor walls.
Montag tries to memorize a passage from the Bible while on the subway, but is distracted by what jingle?
"Denham's Dentifrice" (a toothpaste ad).
Montag visits Faber’s house to ask for help making copies of this specific text.
What is the Bible?
Before the events of the book, Faber held this professional position at a liberal arts college.
What is an English Professor?
This is the name used for the fire truck, which Beatty also calls a "bright phoenix."
The Salamander
What does Mrs. Phelps do after Montag reads the poem "Dover Beach" aloud?
She bursts into tears.
What is the beginning of the phrase from the Bible Montag keeps re-reading on the train?
"Consider the lilies of the field."
What plan do Faber and Montag develop to make people distrust the firemen?
to plant books in the firemen's own houses
This is the "Green Bullet" invention Faber gives Montag so they can communicate secretly.
a two-way radio/earpiece
Whose dark house does Montag feel sad about when he passes?
Clarisse McClellan's house
The ladies’ conversation reveals they voted for President Noble based primarily on this superficial trait
What is his physical appearance?
As a child, Montag’s cousin challenged him to fill this object with sand for a dime, an impossible task.
a sieve
What does Montag do that results in Mrs. Bowles angrily leaving their home?
He yells at her and criticizes her life choices, telling her to leave and never come back.
Faber calls himself this because he saw the world changing for the worse but did nothing.
What is a coward?
Faber says that books have this, but society now only consumes flat and simple ideas.
"texture of information"
Mrs. Bowles says having children isn't so bad because she puts her kids in school 9 days out of 10 and does this with them when they are home.
"Heaving them into the parlor."
Montag does this to the Bible to finally convince the Faber to help him.
tears out and crumples pages
At the end of Part 2, the fire truck unexpectedly pulls up in front of this location.
Montag’s house
Faber identifies three missing things in society: quality of information, leisure to digest it, and this third requirement.
the right to carry out actions based on the first two
In Beatty’s dream, he and Montag fight using what?
literary quotes/words
This is the specific reason Mrs. Phelps gives for not being worried about her husband, Pete, going off to war.
"It’s always someone else’s husband who dies."
Why does Montag get up to wash his hands repeatedly during the poker game at the firehouse?
He feels they are "gloved in blood."
Beatty attempts to confuse Montag in the firehouse by doing this for several pages of dialogue.
He tells about a dream where they had a fight quoting literature, showing how confusing it can be.
Faber mentions he has a friend who published the college paper with this type of equipment that they can use to implement their plan.
a printing press
According to Faber, who is responsible for society no longer reading books?
The people stopped reading on their own.