Guy Montag
Symbolism
Figurative Language
Clarisse
Fireman and Society
100

What is Guy Montag's occupation?

What is a fireman

100

What two symbols are associated with Montag's fireman uniform?

What is the salamander and the phoenix.

100

When Montag enters his bedroom, he describes the room as not just dark, but this word, indicating a lack of life.

What is "empty".

100

What is Clarisse's last name?

What is McClellan.

100

What do firemen do in Montag's society?

They burn books and the houses where books are found. 

200

At the beginning of the novel, how does Montag feel about burning things?

What is he enjoys it and takes pleasure in burning.

200

What fuel does Montag use while burning?

What is Kerosene.

200

While Mildred sleeps, these tiny objects in her ears are personified as "ocean" creatures washing a tide of music over her brain.

What are the Seashell radios.

200

How old is Clarisse?

What is seventeen years old.

200

What number appears on Montag's helmet and uniform?

What is 451.

300

How long has Montag been a fireman?

What is 10 years

300

What are the tiny radios Mildred wears in her ears called?

What is seashells.

300

The mechanical beast that sleeps in its dark kennel at the firehouse is this multi-legged weapon.

What is the Mechanical Hound.

300

What does Clarisse enjoy doing at night?

What is walking, observing things, smelling things, and sometimes watching the sunrise.

300

According to Montag, is reading the books that firemen burn legal?

What is no, it is against the law.

400

What question from Clarisse causes Montag to begin questioning himself?

What is she asks him whether he is happy.

400

What does Montag compare Clarisse's light to instead of electric light?

What is candlelight.

400

The sound of the overhead bombers creates a physical sensation described as a giant rip in this fabric of Montag's consciousness.

What is the sky.

400

Why does Clarisse consider her family unusual?

What is they spend time sitting together and talking instead of constantly using entertainment.

400

What is surprising fact about the past does Clarisse ask Montag about?

What is whether firemen once put fires out instead of starting them.

500

What does Montag eventually realize after thinking about Clarisse's question?

What is he realizes that he is not actually happy and that his happiness has been like a mask.

500

What does the contrast between Clarisse's candle like light and Montag's fire suggest?

What is Clarisse's light represents thought, awareness, and human connection, while Montag's destructive fire represents the burning and destruction that dominate his life.

500

When Montag stands in the dark hall of his house, he feels this specific architectural feature is "watching" or "looking" at him.

What is the ventilator grille.

500

What major diffrences between Clarisse and the rest of society makes Montag uncomfortable?

What is she slows down, observes the world, thinks deeply, and questions things people normally accept without thinking.

500

What happened to Clarisse's uncle when he drove only forty miles per hour on a highway?

What is he was jailed for two days.