Identification
The person that Montag seeks for help.
Faber?
Guy Montag, "wears his happiness like a mask".
Simile
What does Montag think has happened to the mechanical hound?
Programmed to act aggressively toward Montag?
Who is Faber?
Retired English professor?
Who called in the first alarm for Montag's house?
Mildred's friends
The mechanical and programmable creature at the fire station.
Mechanical Hound.
The description of the books. "While the flapping pigeon-winged books died on the porch and the lawn of the house" is an example of...
Personification?
What happened to Clarisse?
She is hit by a car
What is Montag and Faber's plan?
Plant books in the houses of firefighters
Why did Montag kill Captain Beatty?
Captain Beatty found out about the radio transmitter and threatened to find out who was on the other end.
Rises from the ashes.
Phoenix
“..the girl so long ago in his past now, so very long ago, the girl who had known the weather and never been burned by the fireflies, the girl who had known what dandelions meant rubbed off on your chin.”
Flashback
What secret does Montag reveal to his wife after Captain Beatty leaves the house?
His stash of books?
After reading the book of poetry, what did Montag do with the book?
He burned it
How many books did Montag find in his backyard?
Four
The "tool" that Clarisse uses to determine if Montag is happy.
Dandelion
While Montag is riding on the train, "the train radio vomited upon Montag". This is an example of what kind of figurative language?
Personification?
What did the old lady do?
Light a match and commit suicide
What is different about the fire truck on the way to the call?
Montag is driving the fire truck
How does Montag try to cover up his scent?
He carries a suitcase full of Faber's dirty clothes.
The book that Montag memorized.
Ecclesiastes
To Montag, Captain Beatty says. "There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats, for I am arm'd so strong in honesty that they pass me as an idle wind, which I respect not!" Cassius is a character in Shakespeare's drama, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar.
Allusion.
How many parlor-walls does the Montag family own?
3
Why does Montag struggle so hard to understand the books?
He does not know how to read for understanding.
How do the men by the river preserve literature?
They memorize the book and then burn it.