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100
Why did Mildred try and overdose?
The reasons aren't clear. Perhaps, she accidentally took too many pills. More realistically, she's unhappy but doesn't realize it. "Did it [the mechanical cobra] drink all of the darkness? Did it suck out all the poisons accumulated with the years?" pg. 15
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"It won't work for me." [Montag] "Here." Before he could move she had put the dandelion under his chin. He drew back and she laughed. "Hold still!" [Clarisse] She peered under his chin and frowned. "Well?" he said Why is Clarisse rubbing a dandelion under Montag's chin?
She wants to see if he's in love and determines that he's not. The scene is significant because it shows that in this dystopia, there are no strong feelings either good or bad.
100
Are any books permitted at all?
Nope. "Monday burn Millay, Wednesday Whitman, Friday Faulkner." All books have the potential to be dangerous. pg. 8
100
Who is the protagonist of _Fahrenheit 451_?
Guy Montag "Was I given a choice?" My grandfather and father were firemen. In my sleep, I ran after them." pg. 55
200
After leaving work, Montag runs into Clarisse, who asks him what troubling question?
"Are you happy?" she said. "Am I what?" he cried. But she was gone -running in the moonlight. pg. 10
200
"Not if you start talking the sort of talk that might get me burnt for my trouble. the only way I could possibly listen to you would be if somehow the fireman structure itself could be burned. Now, if you suggest that we print extra books and arrange to have them hidden in firemen's houses all over the country so that seeds of suspicion would be sown among those arsonists, bravo, I'd say!" Who is speaking?
Faber is speaking. He and Guy are coming up with a plan to restore books to the world.
200
What does the Mechanical Dog?
It's a robot dog used by the firefighters for barbaric entertainment and hunting book-lovers. "The Mechanical Hound slept but did not sleep lived but did not live in its gentle humming, [...] the men slid down the brass poles and set the ticking combinations of the olfactory systems of the Hound and let loose rats in the firehouse [...]. Three second later, the game was done with the rat caught halfway across the areaway, gripped in gentling paws while a four-inch hollow steel needle plunged down from the proboscis of the Hound to inject massive jolts of morphine or procaine." pg. 25-26
200
I am a young woman, something of a dreamer, who is eternally asking questions until one day, I suddenly disappear. The authorities report that I am dead. Who am I?
Clarisse McClellan. "Well, I've got to be going Mr. Montag." "Good-bye." "Good-bye. . ." pg. 33
300
Who created a little green "bullet" that acts as a transmitter?
Professor Faber, an old (possibly 75-80?), out of work English professor. "Montag placed the green bullet in his ear. The old man inserted a similar object in his own and moved his lips." pg. 99
300
"One last thing," said Beatty. "At least once in his career, every fireman gets an itch." What is "the itch" to which Beatty is referring?
It's an itch to read books and question.
300
What do they mean when they're talking about the "booms" in the sky?
Constant atomic war is the backdrop for this Dystopian novel. People are indifferent to war and destruction. "the Army called Pete yesterday. He'll be back next week. The Army said so. Quick war. Forty-eight hours, they said, and everyone home." pg 102
300
I think that I'm happy, but I've never really stopped to consider it. My enjoy listening to my seashell radio, and I spend most of my day spending time with my "family." Who am I?
Mildred. "Well, everything will be all right now," said an 'aunt.' "Oh, don't be too sure," said a 'cousin.' [...] "Creatures electronically inserted between the slots of the phono-color walls." pg. 48-49
400
What happens when a person is caught with a book?
They're mouths are taped, they watch as everything is burned, and they are sent off to an asylum.
400
Who asked, "Millie, does the White Clown love you?'
Guy Montag after he realizes that he isn't in love and he begins to wonder if Millie loves him.
400
What book does Montag bring to Faber?
Montag brings a copy of the Bible, which he uses to blackmail Faber into helping him by threatening to destroy it.
400
Who drops a match in her kerosene soaked house?
The old woman who is caught with books. "you can stop counting," she said. She opened the fingers of one hand slightly and in the palm of the hand was a single slender object. An ordinary kitchen match. pg. 41
500
(According to Captain Beatty), what is the reason behind the need to burn all the books?
People quit reading because books could be controversial. Controversy made people upset, so eventually the government decided to make the ban official. pg. 61
500
What is the name of the poem that Montag quotes? "The Sea of Faith Was once, too, at the full, and round the earth's shore Lay like folds of a bright girdle furled."
Montag reads "Dover Beach" a poem by Mathew Arnold, which talks about loss and ignorance. The women begin to cry because they are experiencing the emotions, something that society has lost.
500
Why does Montag want to print books?
He wants to redistribute books, to give people the opportunity to read and judge books on their own. "We might start with a few books, and wait on the war to break the pattern and give us the push we need." pg. 97
500
I am exceptionally well read and intelligent, but I realize that people are happier without books, which only stir up the bad emotions that people don't want. I am fighting to preserve this world without books.
Captain Beatty. "It didn't come from the government down. There was no dictum, no declaration, no censorship, to start with, no! Technology, mass exploitation, and minority pressure carried the trick, thank God. Today, thanks to them, you can stay happy all the time." pg. 61-62