quotes
"Sometimes I'm ancient. I'm afraid of children my own age. They kill each other. Did it always use to be that way? My uncle says no. Six of my friends have been shot in the last year alone. Then some of them died in car wrecks. I'm afraid of them and they don't like because I'm afraid."
Clarisse
What is Mildred most saddened by when the fireman come to burn down her house?
loss of her "family"
What a theme?
The point the author is trying to teach the reader
What genre is this novel?
dystopian
What is ironic about Beatty's character?
He knows and understands literature, but considers it a danger to society.
"Let you alone! That's all very well, but how can I leave myself alone? We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in awhile. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?"
Montag
What happened to Mildred at the beginning of the story?
She overdosed on sleeping pills.
Name a motif of the novel!
individuality, conformity, power of books
What did Captain Beatty believe about society?
He believed that books put upsetting thought in people's minds and kept them from being happy and satisfied.
What two adjectives best describe Mildred and Montag's relationship?
Distant and indifferent
"Well, that's one way to get an audience. Hold a gun on a man and force him to listen to your speech. Speech away. What'll it be this time? Why don't you belch Shakespeare at me, you fumbling snob?"
Beatty
What does Montag's society value most?
entertainment
What is an allusion?
a reference to something or someone in history
What is considered the most peculiar thing the McClellans do which cause them to be classified as antisocial?
Having meaningful discussion
What does the following simile convey about Montag's demeanor?
"His fingers were like ferrets that had done some evil and never rested..."
It shows that Montag is nervous.
"Well, this is a play comes on the wall-to-wall circuit in ten minutes. They mailed me my part this morning."
Mildred
What did not hinder Montag' escape from the city?
Trying to walk past a civilian
Name an allusion from the end of the book.
Revelations or the Phoenix
The mechanical hound is supposed to be a dog; however, it has similarities to what other living thing?
spider
How does the personification of the quote, "As he stood there the sky over the house screamed," convey the mood?
It conveys a sense of discomfort that Montag feels in his own home.
"How many jokes are missing from the world, and how many homing pigeons untouched by his hands. He shaped the world. He did things to the world. The world was bankrupted of ten million find actions the night he passed on."
Granger
Who does Montag cry out for when the bomb hits the city?
Which one is not a theme?
A. Obedience to conformity can lead to destruction.
B. Government control offers the best option for a safe environment.
C. Knowledge is power.
B
Faber felt that three elements were missing from life. What are they?
quality, leisure, action upon quality and leisure
Which literary device is most apparent when the hound initially growls at Montag in the fire station?
foreshadowing