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451 Society
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The "catalyst" of the novel who questions society.

Who is Clarisse?

100
The firemen's primary job is this.
What is burning books.
100
Teenagers' favorite pasttimes.
What is driving too fast, killing people, sports, or destroying things.
100
The temperature at which book paper burns.
What is Fahrenheit 451.
100
"Didn't I hint enough when I sent the Hound around your place?"
Who is Beatty?
200

A woman who is representative of disconnection, addiction, and governmental control.

Who is Mildred?

200

How does the Mechanical Hound track and detain people?

It can be programmed for scent and has a needle with tranquilizing drugs.

200
The first American fireman.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
200

What is the issue with front porches?

The give people too much time to think/talk.

200
"Mr. Montag, you are looking at a coward."
Who is Faber?
300

A conflicted man who destroys the things he seems to be obsessed with.

Who is Beatty?

300
Montag plants a book in this fireman's house and then calls it in.
Who is Mr. Black
300
The society has done this with Jesus Christ.
What is dressed him down and used him to sell products.
300

What does Mildred's friend compare parenting to?

Doing laundry

300
"My 'family' is people. They tell me things: I laugh, they laugh!"
Who is Mildred?
400

A cowardly, retired academic

Who is Faber?

400
The test Clarisse uses to tell if someone is in love.
What is rubbing a dandelion under your chin?
400
The three things Faber says are missing from society.
What is quality of information, the leisure to digest it, and the right to act based on the first two.
400
Montag read this poem to Mildred and her friends, which showed them their ignorance.
What is "Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold.
400
"I'm afraid of children my own age. They kill each other. Did it always use to be that way? My uncle says no.
Who is Clarisse?
500

Known as Plato's Republic 

Who is Granger

500

The firemen's job is to ensure the peoples' ________________

What is happiness?

500

Fahrenheit 451 expects its citizens to engage in what behaviors?

Indulge in parlor walls, Seashell ear buds, and nonsensical entertainment.

500

A Bible book about a main who suffers, but still remains faithful. Faber reads this to Montag.

The Book of Job

500

"They'd just as soon as kick than kiss me. Thank God I kick back!"

Mildred's friend Mrs. Bowles