Plot
In F451, a fireman's job is to _______________.
Burn books
This character is young, free - spirited, and curious about the world.
Clarisse McClellan
"Are you happy?"
Clarisse
The fact that Beatty reads books despite banning them is an example of _________.
Irony
Mildred refers to these people as her "family"
The characters on her screens
Watching the old woman burn with her books
This character is obsessed with television and ignores her husband.
Mildred Montag
"It (The hound) doesn't think anything we don't want it to think"
Captain Beatty
Personification
Montag hides his books here:
Behind the ventilator grille
Clarisse's uncle was arrested for what?
Walking at night
Captain Beatty
"I sometimes think drivers don't know what grass is, or flowers, because they never see them slowly"
Clarisse
The mechanical hound represents the oppressive power of technology - this is an example of ________________.
Symbolism
This real world event inspired the writing of F451 (and "The Crucible"!) in the 1950's.
McCarthyism
The mechanical hound is programmed to track people by their _____________________.
Chemical signature
"There must be something in books, things we can't imagine"
The description of the Mechanical Hound as something that "slept but did not sleep, lived but did not live" is an example of ____________.
Paradox
The government burns the books in order to discourage what behavior amongst its citizens?
Thinking independently
Fahrenheit 451 takes place when and where?
"Play the man, Master Ridley; we shall this day light such a candle"
the old woman
"The books leapt and danced like roasted birds" is an example of TWO literary devices - you need to name them both for these points!
Simile and Personification