Harrison Bergeron
Fahrenheit 451 Part One
The Refusal
100
  • In this story, people with above-average intelligence have to:
    • Watch a lot of television every night
    • Marry someone with less intelligence
    • Report weekly to the Handicapper General
    • Wear mental-handicap transmitters

Wear mental-handicap transmitters

100
  • What is the significance of the fact that the dandelion does not rub off on Montag’s chin?
    • it supposedly means he is not in love
    • it supposedly means he is in love
    • it supposedly means he is a rebel
    • it supposedly means he is a peacekeeper

it supposedly means he is not in love

100
  • At the end of the story, who questions the law or authority?
    • Old people
    • Young people
    • No one
    • Everyone

Young people

200
  • Based on the number of handicaps Harrison wears, you can conclude he is:
    • The same as everyone else
    • Dangerous to others in society
    • Above average in many ways
    • Glad he doesn’t live at home

Above average in many ways

200
  • How many wall-TVs do Montag and his wife have?
    • 0
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4

3

200
  • What is most closely the meaning of superseded as it is used in the passage: For centuries no political change has been brought about by the citizens themselves. In the capital great rulers have superseded each other—indeed, even dynasties have been deposed or annihilated, and new ones have started; in the past century even the capital itself was destroyed, a new one was founded far away from it, later on this too was destroyed and the old one rebuilt, yet none of this had any influence on our little town.
    • gave large sums of money to
    • questioned
    • defeated in battle
    • taken the place of; succeeded

taken the place of; succeeded

300
  • Harrison is in conflict with:
    • His parents
    • The government
    • His teachers
    • A ballerina

The government

300
  • Why does Montag suspect the Mechanical Hound has been programmed against him?
    • it sniffs him repeatedly and blocks his passageway
    • it growls at him
    • it comes to all of the other firemen…but not to Montag
    • it sleeps outside his door at night

it growls at him

300
  • Which of these inferences is best supported by the passage: Yet while he lives among us without laying too much stress on his official position, he is something quite different from the ordinary citizen. When a delegation comes to him with a request, he stands there like the wall of the world. Behind him is nothingness, one imagines hearing voices whispering in the background, but this is probably a delusion; after all, he represents the end of all things, at least for us. At these receptions he really was worth seeing.
    • The townspeople are resentful of the capital’s control over them.
    • The tax-collector’s family lives a privileged life.
    • The tax-collector lives an ordinary life and blends in with the people of the small town.
    • The tax-collector wields immense power in the town and causes fear among villagers.

The tax-collector wields immense power in the town and causes fear among villagers.

400
  • George and Hazel are Harrison’s:
    • grandparents
    • parents.
    • friends
    • neighbors

parents

400
  • Who inspires Clarisse to be different/awkward/strange?
    • her father
    • her mother
    • her uncle
    • her sister

her uncle

400
  • Which of these statements best describes how the setting establishes conflict and advances the plot of the story?
    • The geographic distance between the capital and the town emphasizes the oppression of a government that is out of touch with its people.

    • The small size of the town helps highlight a close-knit community of villagers who rely on each other in times of need.

    • The hot climate contributes to an unsettling, uncomfortable mood, and causes the soldiers to feel irritable.

    • The vivid description of the tax-collector’s elaborate home reveals how wealthy and uncaring he is.




The geographic distance between the capital and the town emphasizes the oppression of a government that is out of touch with its people.

500
  • What is Diana Moon Glampers’ job?
    • Secretary of Defense
    • President
    • General of Punishment

    • Handicapper General




Handicapper General

500
  • Who turned-in the alarm on the old woman with the hidden books?
    • her neighbor
    • Beatty
    • Montag
    • herself

her neighbor

500
  • Which of these inferences is best supported by the passage: In all important matters, however, the citizens can always count on a refusal. And now the strange fact is that without this refusal one simply cannot get along, yet at the same time these official occasions designed to receive the refusal are by no means a formality. Time after time one goes there full of expectation and in all seriousness and then one returns, if not exactly strengthened or happy, nevertheless not disappointed or tired. About these things I do not have to ask the opinion of anyone else, I feel them in myself, as everyone

    does; nor do I have any great desire to find out how these things are connected.

    • The townspeople don’t mind the refusal because there’s nothing they really want.
    • The people of the town have come to expect—and even rely on—the refusal.
    • The townspeople blindly follow the orders of the government without questioning.
    • The narrator prefers to mind his own business and not pay attention to the ceremony or the refusal.

The townspeople blindly follow the orders of the government without questioning.

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