Characters
Theme and Author's Message
The Hearth and the Salamander
The Sieve and the Sand
Burning Bright
100
The main character and protagonist of this novel.
Who is Guy Montag
100
What is the author meaning by making books illeagal?
That poetry and books make you think.
100
The girl that Guy Montag Meets after returning home from work.
Who is Clarisse McClellan
100
What does Faber use to communicate with Montag?
An earpiece.
100
What thing hunts Montag as he runs?
The mechanical hound.
200
The wife of the protagonist.
Who is Mildred Montag
200
The ones at fault in the story for the totalitarian government and ignorance.
Who are the People of the book.
200
What do firefighters do in the future setting of this novel?
They start fires to burn books.
200
Where do the firefighter's drive in the salamander at the end of this chapter?
To Montag's house
200
With what tool/weapon did Beatty have Montag use to destroy his house?
A flamethrower.
300
Guy Montag's boss and the fire chief. He used to be an avid reader but has come to hate books because of life's tragedies and the way books contradict and refute each other.
Who is Captain Beatty
300
Ultimately, what is the novel criticizing?
Censorship.
300
When does Guy Montag realize that he isn't happy with his life?
When his wife overdoses on sleeping pills.
300
The name of the poem that Montag read to Mildred's guests.
What is Dover Beach.
300
What character's house did Montag first flee to after killing Beatty?
Faber's.
400
The leader of a group of wandering intellectual exiles.
Who is Granger
400
How does Granger's comparison of mankind to a phoenix affect the theme?
The phoenix is always reborn. Mankind can learn from its mistakes and start fresh.
400
Where does Montag hide the books he stole?
In his home ventilator system.
400
How did Beatty and Montag fight in Beatty's dream?
By quoting books at one another.
400
Where does Faber urge Montag to flee to?
What is The country-side across the river.
500
Two of Mildred Montag's friends that realize that their happiness is only a facade upon a visit to the Montag household where guy reads poetry to them.
Who are Mrs. Bowles and Mrs. Phelps.
500
What is the overall theme of the book?
That man needs to stop censorship. We need to stop being ignorant and let books help us solve our problems, not make new ones.
500
The chemical that the mechanical hound has in its needle.
What is Procaine
500
What color was the earpiece that Faber and Montag used to communicate?
Green.
500
After the city is bombed and destroyed, what does Granger relate mankind to?
The phoenix.