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Quotes
Plot
Symbolism
Figurative Language
Characters
100

“People don’t talk about anything . . .They name a lot of cars or clothes or swimming pools mostly and say how swell! But they all say the same things and nobody says anything different from anyone else.”

Who is Clarisse?

100

What does Clarisse do to determine whether Montag is in love?

What is she rubs a dandelion under his chin?

100

What type of factory does Granger say the society will need to build?

What is a mirror factory?

100
“He opened the bedroom door. It was like coming into the cold marbled room of a mausoleum after the moon has set.”
What is simile?
100
The free spirit: the one who follows whims and dreams; the one who questions the way things are done.
Who is Clarisse?
200

“I don’t talk things, sir. I talk the meaning of things. I sit here and know I’m alive.”

Who is Faber?

200

What is the ultimate reason Montag kills Beatty?

What is Beatty was going to track down Faber?

200

What symbol represents “destruction” at first and later “comfort and security”?

What is fire?

200
“‘…but do you know, we never ask questions, or at least most don’t; they just run the answers at you, bing, bing, bing, and us sitting there for four more hours of film teacher.’”
What is onomatopoeia?
200

The oblivious one: the one easily persuaded about the way things should be done; the one who doesn’t want to make any trouble.

Who is Mildred?

300

"Thought! Was I given a choice? My grandfather and father were firemen. In my sleep, I ran after them."

Who is Montag?

300

Why is Montag upset that the woman is still at the house they’re going to burn?

What is she makes it personal?

300
Living in the moment; the never-ending, onward progression of time
What is a clock?
300
“‘He says I’m a regular onion! I keep him busy peeling away the layers.’”
What is metaphor?
300

The hermit: the one who doesn’t want to get involved; the one who wants to hide out and find his own peace.

Who is Faber?

400

“The world was bankrupted of ten million fine actions the night he passed on.”

Who is Granger?

400

Four ways Faber tries to get rid of Montag's smell.

What are burning the chair and rug, turning on the sprinklers, turning on the air conditioning, rubbing everything down with alcohol?

400
What symbol does Bradbury leave the reader with that assures that the city will be rebuilt?
What is a phoenix?
400
“He felt his chest chopped down and split apart [because the sound was so loud].
What is hyperbole?
400

The confused: the one who puzzles over the way things are done; the one who changes by what is presented

Who is Montag?

500

Well, here comes a very strange beast which in all tongues is called a fool."

Who is Beatty?

500

Faber tells Montag that three things are missing concerning citizens’ enjoyment of books. What are they?

What are quality of information, leisure, and the opportunity to act on the first two.

500

An impossible task

What is the sieve and the sand?

500

“I heard once that a long time ago houses used to burn by accident and they needed firemen to stop the flames.”

What is irony?

500

The savior: the one who wants to resurrect society by remembering the past.

Who is Granger?