What does 'the salamander' represent in this book?
Fire &/or destruction
100
What literary device is being used?
"The autumn leaves blew over the moonlit pavement in such a way as to make the girl who was moving there seem fixed to a sliding walk, letting the motion of the wind and the leaves carry her forward."
Imagery
100
Drench:
"Toast popped out of the silver toaster, was seized by a spidery metal hand that drenched it with melted butter."
Drench: To soak somebody or something and to make completely wet
200
Who does Montag meet on his way home from work at the beginning of the book?
Clarisse McClellen
200
Who dies in Montag's place?
An innocent man out for a midnight stroll
200
What do books represent in this book?
Knowledge & Individuality
200
What literary device is being used?
"He lay far across the room from her, on a winter island separated by an empty sea."
Metaphor
200
Sieve:
"Once as a child he had sat upon a yellow dune by the sea in the middle of the blue and hot summer day, trying to fill a sieve with sand, become some cruel…"
Sieve: A type of meshed utensil; a strainer
300
What is the name and former profession of the man who helps Montag escape the city?
Faber; English professor
300
What was disturbing about the night Mildred overdosed?
The 'technicians' didn't seem to care, and said attempted suicide was very common.
300
Who do Mildred & her friends represent in this book?
The 'typical' person in this society
300
What literary device is being used?
"With an effort, Montag reminded himself again that this was no fictional episode to be watched on his run to the river; it was in actuality his own chess game he was witnessing, move by move."
Metaphor
300
Wary:
“But the fire was there and he approached warily, from a long way off.”
Wary: Cautious and alert for problems
400
Why does Faber blame himself for the way the world is?
He believes that men like him should have stood up for books, instead of hiding away like cowards.
400
What book does Montag represent (have memorized) by the end of the story?
The Book of Ecclesiastes from the Bible
400
What does water represent in this book?
Healing & rebirth
400
The trees overhead made a great sound of letting down their dry rain.
Oxymoron
400
Insidious:
“‘It’s an insidious plan, if I do say so myself.’ Faber glanced nervously at his bedroom door.”
Insidious: Intended to entrap, entice, or trick
500
Describe the changes that Montag's character goes through during the story.
-Starts to doubt his happiness
-Starts to doubt society's happiness
-Begins reading books
-Begins working against his former job
-Ends up seeing society as broken
-Etc.
500
Name one theme from this book.
Answers will vary
500
What does Clarisse represent in this book?
Montag's conscience/a voice of reason
500
What two literary devices are being used?
"Of course I'm happy. What does she think? I'm not? he asked the quiet rooms. He stood looking up at the ventilator grill in the hall and suddenly remembered that something lay hidden behind the grille, something that seemed to peer down at him now."
Foreshadowing & personification
500
Odious:
"Beatty, Stoneman, and Black ran up the sidewalk, suddenly odious and fat in their plump fireproof slickers.”