Quotations
The Cowardly Professor Faber
The Awakening Montag
The Selfish Mildred
Plot, Themes, & Symbols
100
While reading a book, this character identifies with the following quote: "That favorite subject, Myself."
Who is Mildred?
100

What did Faber invent?

A green-bullet in-ear monitor used for two-way communication.

100
Montag's own house.
What is the fire alarm called to?
100
They don't care if their husbands die as they can always get another one.
What is Mildred's friends reaction to their husbands going off to war?
100
America has won two atomic wars.
What has happened since 1990?
200
"Books aren't people. You read and I look around, but there isn't anybody!"
What is Mildred's reaction to Montag reading from a book?
200

What is Guy and Faber's plan?


To plant books in firemen's houses and call alarms on them.

200
He feels dirty and wrong for all his book stealing and planning with Faber.
Why does Montag wash his hands at the firehouse?
200
Mildred's friends who have come over to watch television with her.
Who are Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Bowles?
200
Montag wonders if he can ever burn anything again.
What does Montag think about while heading to the fire alarm?
300
The quotation Montag is trying to memorize while riding the train.
What is "Consider the lilies of the field"?
300
To force and persuade Faber to teach Montag.
Why does Montag begin ripping pages from the Bible?
300
"Denham's Dentifrice"
What advertisement distracts Montag while riding the train?
300
"Dover Beach"
What poem does Montag read aloud to Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Bowles?
300
They indicate Montag's mind sifting new information.
How is a sieve and sand used symbolically in Fahrenheit 451?
400
"We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over."
While reading, what quotation reminds Montag of Clarisse?
400
1. The information found in books 2. The time and leisure to absorb that information 3. The freedom to act on that information.
What does Faber say is missing from society?
400
Beatty recites contradictory literary passages at Montag while playing cards.
Why does Montag begin having a panic attack at the firehouse?
400
No one in their right mind would have any.
What is Mrs. Bowles' opinion on having children?
400
He suddenly is so panicked that cannot move his feet while walking.
What physically happens to Montag on his way to the firehouse after leaving his home?
500
"You see? I knew it, that's what I wanted to prove! I knew it would happen! I've always said, poetry and tears, poetry and suicide and crying and awful feelings, poetry and sickness; all that mush! Now I've had it proved to me. You're nasty, Mr. Montag, you're nasty!"
What is Mrs. Bowles' reaction to Montag reading poetry?
500
He is concerned that, with Faber literally inside his head via the green-bullet in-ear monitor, he won’t be able to think for himself anymore.
What does Faber think is a wise observation on Montag's part?
500
He thinks it is like trying to put out a fire with water pistols.
What does Montag think about trying to change Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Bowles?
500
"The Outs"
What political party did presidential candidate Mr. Hoag belong to?
500

Having entered a church as a child and encountered statues of saints which he couldn’t understand.

What personal memory does Montag think of when looking at Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Bowles?

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