Where and when (generally) does this story take place?
United States; the future
100
Name one antagonist.
Beatty -OR- the government/society
100
What general time period do science fiction novels typically take place in?
The future
100
Who is the Fire Chief?
Beatty
200
Who is the protagonist's wife?
Mildred ("Millie") Montag
200
What type of narration does Bradbury use in this novel?
Third person limited
200
The two following quotes are examples of what literary term?
"The woman on the bed was no more than a marble."
"The land rushed at him, a tidal wave."
Metaphor
200
What element is NOT an element of science fiction? M _ _ _ _
Magic
200
Explain what happens when a book is found in someone's home. What is the entire process thereafter?
When a book is found, the firemen spray kerosene all over the books, then light them on fire. After the books are lit on fire, the "criminal's" home is then lit on fire.
300
Which character is described as having "a very thin face like the dial of a small clock seen faintly in a dark room in the middle of the night when you waken to see the time and see the clock telling you the house and the minute and the second, with a white silence and a glowing, all certainty and knowing what it had to tel of the night passing swiftly on toward the darknesses, but moving also toward a new sun" (10)?
Clarisse McClellan
300
What form of technology hunts down books and readers?
The Mechanical Hound
300
The following situation is an example of what literary term?
Beatty getting burned to death.
Irony
300
What short story emphasized the same ideals of "making people equal?"
Harrison Bergeron
300
Who constantly says that fire is "bright" and fire is "clean" and calls fire "beautiful?"
Beatty
400
Which character thinks Montag's newly-found curiosity is not only pointless, but dangerous?
Beatty -OR- Millie
400
What does the government do when people such as Clarisse and her family are discovered?
They watch them closely (24/7) and keep detailed records on them.
400
Define "allusion" and give one example in the novel.
A reference to a popular person, place, thing, novel, etc. (The reference can be either direct or indirect.)
Examples will vary.
400
Give two examples of how the society in F451 is a dystopia.
People are constantly under surveillance
Freedoms are restricted
The government thinks the society is perfect
The people are afraid to rebel
400
According to Beatty, why are firemen not only honorable, but essential to society?
They are the "custodians of peace;" they help create and promote happiness and equality
500
Which character helps Montag realize that a new society must be constructed?
Granger
500
What are two SIGNIFICANT events that occur while Montag is running away from the Mechanical Hound?
(1) Changed into Montag's clothes
(2) Found Granger
(3) Remembered parts of books
(4) Decides to create a new society
500
Explain the difference between "irony" and "paradox." Articulate this clearly!
Irony: A situation that has an unexpected result; typically the opposite happens, making it usually humorous
Paradox: A statement that contradicts itself
500
Before reading F451, we learned about the factors of science fiction writing. Give one example (aside from the time period) that proves this novel is a science fiction novel.
Major use of imagery and vivid description
It discusses the "what IF"
It takes place in a world different than our own and is outside of our everyday reality
Characterization is pursued through action
It disorients the reader
500
What realization does Montag make about fire when looking at the fire in the woods at the end of the novel?
That they can be warming and CONstructive, not DEstructive. They're not always there for harm.