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Themes
Definitions
Facts
Definitions
100

Who does Montag meet at the beginning of the Hearth and the Salamander? 

Clarisse McClellan

100

Which theme is represented by the banning of books, surveillance, brainwashing, and restriction of information?

Censorship 

100

of, relating to, or being an imagined world or society in which people lead dehumanized, fearful lives. 

Dystopian 

100

What temperature does paper burn? 

451 degrees Fahrenheit 

100

unjust or cruel exercise of authority or power

Oppression

200

What happens to Montag's wife Mildred?

She overdoses on pills

200

Which theme represents an unjust or cruel exercise of authority or power? 

Oppression

200

the political belief that there should be little or no formal or official organization to society but that people should work freely together

Anarchism 

200

Who do the "Reds" refer to?

Communists 

200

to remove from a person the special human qualities of independent thought, feeling for other people, etc

Dehumanizing

300

What does Montag hide from Beatty?

A book

300

The Mechanical Hound is a symbol of which theme?

Technological Control

300

the way of life, customs, and ideas of a particular group of people within a society that are different from the rest of that society

Subculture 

300

Which era did the Red Scare take place?

McCarthy Era

300

to imagine or expect that something will happen

Anticipate 

400

How old is Clarisse?

16 years old

400

What theme does the woman who burned alive with her books represent? 

Oppression OR Knowledge vs. Ignorance 

400

a momentous and violent event marked by overwhelming upheaval and demolition

Cataclysmic 

400

What type of tension marked the Cold War?

Geopolitical tension

400

to predict by projecting past experience or known data

Extrapolate 

500

According to Clarisse, explain what the representation of the dandelion and the yellow stain it should've left on Montag's chin.

Means he is not in love. 

500

Which theme represents Montag’s journey and the courage it takes to break free from societal norms and think independently?

Rebellion and Transformation

500

designed or intended to teach 

Didactic 

500

Which two superpowers were involved in the Cold War?

The U.S. and Soviet Union 

500

a detailed analysis and assessment of something, especially a literary, philosophical, or political theory

Critique