F451 Review

Historical Context

100

This is the year that Ray Bradbury's novel, Fahrenheit 451, was published

1953

200

The term for when the US feared communism

The Red Scare

300

This term is connected to advancing technology, the latest trends, and taking time from socialization

Consumerism

400

The social norms of the 1950s were...

Nuclear families, traditional gender roles, and obedient, studious children

500

The term for when a senator stated that hundreds of communists infiltrated the US and persecution of people began during the Cold War

McCarthyism

Plot

100

At the end of Part 1, Montag...

Reveals his books hidden in the house to Mildred

200

At the end of Part 2, the firemen and Montag go to...

Montag's house

300

The war begins in this part of F451

Part 3

400

According to Montag, this is the number of nuclear wars that happened prior to the start of the book.

Two

500

The city in which Montag and Mildred met

Chicago

Characters

100

The name of the second character introduced in F451

Clarisse

200

The name of Montag's wife

Mildred/Millie

300

The name of the captain of the firemen

Beatty

400

Faber is going to St. Louis, meeting someone to...

Reproduce books

500

The Book People/Granger and Society were similar to the firement because... but they were different because...

Burned books; memorized books

Symbolism

100

This symbol was seen at the end of the book

Phoenix

200

Name the three things fire represents

Destruction, comfort, and life-saving

300

The mechanical hounds symbolize...

Dehumanization, surveillance, government control

400

The Salamander represented...

the firemen and their role to conform to the government

500

This symbol is associated with Hestia, a Greek goddess of the home and family. This symbol represents community and comfort.

Hearth

Miscellaneous

100

This word represents the loss of humanity and oppression (a dystopian genre/quality word)

Dehumanization

200

The only year named in F451 is...

2022

300

The city in which Montag and Mildred met

Chicago

400

List 2 examples of restrictions in F451

Laws (pedestrian, driving slow, reading books)

500

List one protagonist feature in the dystopian genre

Feeling trapped, struggling to escape, questions the system, believes something is wrong with their society