The Hearth &
The Salamander
Vocabulary (451)
Ray Bradbury (video)
100

The title of Part I in Fahrenheit 451 illustrates this literary device?

What is symbolism

100

Vocabulary word for the long needle that extends from the Mechanical Hound

What is proboscis

100

According to Ray Bradbury, who or what are the best educators?

What are books

200

The protagonist & antagonist in the novel, especially by the end of Part I, are these two characters in respective order

Who are Montag and Captain Beatty

200

Vocabulary word meaning to cringe or shrink back in fear

What is cower

200

What motto did Bradbury live by?

What is "Love what you do and do what you love"

300

How does Clarisse meet her end, according to Mildred?

She was struck by a car

300

The meaning of the vocabulary word cartographer?

What is a mapmaker

300
What event changed Ray Bradbury's life forever (he was 15 when he witnessed this on the news)?

What are the book burnings in Germany and the Soviet Union

400

Which emblem on a fireman's uniform is symbolic in surviving a fire?

What is a salamander

400

Vocabulary word (and literary device) meaning a harsh, jarring sound

What is cacophony

400

What specific university does Bradbury write his masterpiece in the library basement?

What is UCLA

500

How many books, exactly, does Montag keep behind the ventilator grille?

What is 20

500

Vocabulary word whose definition is hard, animal fat used to make candles

What is tallow

500

What is Ray Bradbury's favorite story/novella?

What is A Christmas Carol