Fahrenheit 451 Part 1
This is where Clarisse and Guy Montag meet.
Walking on the sidewalk
Why does Mildred have company over to visit?
To watch the "White Clown" on TV
This is the leader of the social outcasts and group of professors that Montag meets by the railroad tracks.
Granger
This is how Mildred tries to take her own life as the novel opens.
An overdose of sleeping pills
Montag has stolen about how many books in his career?
About 20
This is the metaphor for the animal that Montag used when he described the stomach pump and blood-replacement machine that the EMS used on Mildred.
A snake?
Why are there no books in this society?
The general population did not want them anymore because they found them offensive, etc.
This is how the city is destroyed when the war occurs.
By bombs
This is what the earbuds in the novel are called.
Seashell radios
What happened to Clarisse?
She was ran over by a car
This is the number of walls that are TV walls in Montag's home.
3
These are the two things Montag and Faber exchange.
What is "Montag gave Faber the Bible" and "Faber gave Montag his green ear piece?"
Describe the person that the government killed in place of Montag.
A random pedestrian
What symbol is on the firemen's uniforms?
A Salamander
This is where Faber tells Montag to take a bus to after the war
St. Louis
This is what happens to the woman who refuses to leave her books behind.
She is burned alive after striking a match to set herself and her books on fire
Who was the most emotionally affected by the poetry reading?
Mrs. Phelps
This is how Montag and Granger keep knowledge of books.
They memorize books
The mechanical hound tracks down its prey by what?
its Chemical Complex
Granger talks fondly of whom?
His grandfather?
This novel takes place in which type of society?
Dystopia
How does Montag get Faber to agree to help him with his plan?
By ripping up the bible
This is the symbolic bird that Granger teaches his men about.
The Phoenix
Why don't the authorities/government come after the men outside the city?
They do not have anything illegal to charge them with
OR they changed their face/fingerprints
What does Granger give Montag to hide his scent?
A chemical concoction that will change his scent
The woman in the house alluded to him, saying, "Play the man," when the firemen entered her home.
Master Ridley
Why was the last liberal arts college shut down?
There were not enough students
This is what Granger's group does before heading for the city after the bombing.
Build a fire and make breakfast?
This is the city where Montag and Mildred first met.
Chicago
What allusion does Beatty make in his last words?
He references Julius Caesar
What are the first words of the novel?
"It was a pleasure to burn"
This is the name of the poem Montag reads to his wife, Mrs. Phelps, and Mrs. Bowles.
"Dover Beach"
What does Montag plan to share with the others at noon on the last page of the novel?
A passage from the Bible
What did Granger's grandfather believe?
People need to go out and experience life—to take action.
What book did Granger have memorized?
Plato's Republic