Characters
He's the main character
Guy Montag
Montag's profession in the book?
Fireman
What does Montag take from the firecall?
A book
She was hit by a car, but no one told Montag about it until four days later.
Clarisse
Why is it ironic that Montag is a fireman?
Because he sets fires instead of putting them out
They have eight legs and search for books or whatever they're programmed to find and destroy.
Mechanical Hounds
What is the significance of the number 451?
It's allegedly the temperature that paper burns.
A feeling of pensive sadness
Melancholy
the nose of a mammal
A puppet
Marionette
Montag's insufferable wife
Mildred
Mildred wants how many TVs in the parlor room?
4
When Montag asks about houses before they were alive, what do his coworkers show him?
The Rule Book
She almost died at the beginning but was saved.
Mildred
Why does everyone keep repeating themselves?
They are broken because they can't think straight
These decorate the walls of the Montag's apartment.
TVs
What decade was the book written in?
The 1950s (1953)
An inclination or predisposition
Proclivity
Contempt
Ravenous
Guy meets her walking at night towards the beginning of the book?
Clarisse
Mildred didn't remember taking this item, the next morning.
Sleeping Pills
Who shows up at Montag's house when he decides to stay home "sick?"
Beatty
She pulled out a match and went down with her books.
Woman at the fire call
Why are books and reading illegal?
They contain a variety of ideas that will make people unhappy and uncomfortable, so everyone should be the same.
Mildred has these constantly with her whenever she is at home.
Seashell earbuds
In order to enter his house, what does Guy have to do?
Insert his hand into a hole in the door.
Affecting the nature of something in a drastic way
Radical
Pass easily through the air
Waft
A harsh discordant mixture of sounds
Cacophony
He's Montag's boss
Montag is uneasy around this technology
Mechanical Hounds
What do Montag and Mildred do at the end of the chapter?
They start to read a book.
According to Beatty, who is responsible for allowing the government to censor ideas?
The people
When someone is at the door, what does the doorbell do?
It talks to the Montag's
Clarisse's uncle is arrested for doing what, a nod to Bradbury's 1951 short story, The Pedestrian?
Walking alone outside at night.
Someone is calm and dependable could be considered this?
Stolid
Capillary
Belief contrary to what is generally accepted, especially with religious doctrine
Heresy
Clarisse's Uncle
Why is Montag upset with the men who come to his house?
They are nonchalant and don't actually care about Mildred when they are performing the operation.
What question does Clarisse ask Montag that leads him to question his reality?
Are you happy?
Name one of the animals the fireman gamble on to see if they survive in the firehouse?
Rat
Mouse
Cat
Chicken
Aside from banning books, what is one way the government controls the people?
Altering the past
Creating Media that is meaningless
Replacing intellectual achievements with athletic achievements.
The Eye
According to the rule book, who was the first firefighter.
Benjamin Franklin
Unpleasant, Repulsive
Odious
Connected with the sense of touch
Tactile
Living the life of a wanderer
Nomadic