1-Fahrenheit 451
What are the names of Mildred's friends?
What job did Faber have?
English Professor
How many TV walls do Mildred and Montag currently have?
3
Name one work Beatty quotes
Multiple answers
Why was the last liberal arts college shut down?
Lack of students
What commercial distracts Montag on the train ride to Faber's house?
What is Montag looking for when he tries to read the books?
Answers to help him understand the world he lives in.
How did Mildred and her friends pick the President?
They picked the President based on his appearance.
What does Faber give Montag before he leaves his home?
Faber gives Montag an earpiece/ two way radio so they can communicate with each other.
What does Montag want Faber to do for him?
What book is Montag holding and why is it important?
Montag is holding the Bible and it is important because it might be the last copy in the world.
Why does the game of Poker parallel Montag in part 2?
He has to bluff his way through meeting Beatty
What is missing from the firehouse?
The Mechanical Hound
At the end of part 2, whose house do all the firemen (including Montag) arrive at?
Montag's house
What memory does Montag remember about his childhood?
A cousin offers him ten cents to try to catch sand in a sieve
What does Montag do to the Bible to get Faber to listen to him?
He rips out 6 pages from the Bible.
Mildred refers to the the people/characters on her parlor TV walls as her _________.
Family or relatives
What do you think Fahrenheit 451 warns us about?
A future where television and technology distort our need for human interaction, books, learning, and time to think
When Montag visits Faber, Faber's fear goes away. What causes this?
Montag is holding the Bible.
After Montag upsets Mildred and her friends, what does he do with the books in the house?
He hides them in the backyard.
What interrupted the poker game when Captain Beatty was talking to Montag at the end of part 2?
The alarm/phone went off giving Beatty orders to go to Montag's house.
What type of irony exists in the quote "The sheep returns to the fold" in regards to Montag?
He is physically back to the firehouse, however, is there to gather information on behalf of Faber
What does Mildred and her friends say about children?
They are easy to raise because they go to school 9 out 10 days and they don't show them love. They just have them watch TV when they are home. They are like doing Laundry.
What are the three thing Faber says we need with books?
1. Quality of information
2. Leisure time to process
3. The right to act
What does Faber mean by "I don't talk things, sir. I talk the meaning of things. I sit here and know I'm alive"?
Montag thinks people are superficial, but Faber thinks everything deeply.
What is the plan Montag and Faber have to take down "the system"
Plant books inside of firemen's homes
What are some of the books that Montag asks Faber about when he calls him on the phone?
He asked Faber about the Bible, Shakespeare, and Plato.
How is Faber and Montag's relationship similar to the Book of Job that Montag is reading?
Montag has to trust Faber fully while being tested and pushed outside of his comfort zone.
What poem does Montag read to the women?
Dover Beach
What philosophical work is alluded to in the quote, "maybe books can get us halfway out of the cave"
Plato's Allegory of the Cave