PLOT
THEME
CHARACTER
QUOTES
MISC
100
Paramedics do this to Mildred near the beginning of the novel.
What is…pump her stomach?
100
These will get you into trouble in Fahrenheit 451.
What are…books?
100
This character inspires Montag to drink the falling rain.
Who is…Clarisse?
100
“They [the firemen] were given the new job, as custodians of our peace of mind, the focus of our understandable and fright dread of being inferior: official censors, judges, and executors. That’s you, Montag, and that’s me.”
Who is…Beatty?
100
What color is repeatedly used to describe Clarisse?
What is...white?
200
This is the person who lights the fire that kills the unnamed woman.
Who is…the unnamed woman herself?
200
This is what Montag’s wife spends most of her time thinking about.
What is…television?
200
This character is Montag’s superior at the Fire Station.
Who is…Beatty?
200
“It’s only two thousand dollars. And I think you’d consider me sometimes. If we had a fourth wall, why it’d be just like the room wasn’t ours at all but all kinds of exotic people’s rooms. We could do without a few things.”
Who is…Mildred?
200
Why are doctors no longer used for emergency overdose cases like the one Mildred is treated for?
What is...they occur too frequently?
300
This happens to Clarisse about mid-way through The Hearth and the Salamander
What is…she is killed, probably hit by a car?
300
True or False -there is no reading whatsoever allowed in the society of Fahrenheit 451.
What is...false?
300
This character is the one that Montag fears the most.
Who is…the Mechanical Hound?
300
“I’ve got to go see my psychiatrist now. They make me go. I make up things to say. I don’t know what he thinks of me. He says I’m a regular onion! I keep him busy peeling away the layers.”
Who is…Clarisse?
300
How many times has Montag been threatened by The Mechanical Hound?
What is...three?
400
This animal is poisonous in Fahrenheit 451
What is…the mechanical hound?
400
True or False - censorship was imposed by force on the citizens of Fahrenheit 451.
What is…false?
400
True or False - Montag’s character has not changed thus far in Fahrenheit 451
What is…false?
400
“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 a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?
Who is…Montag?
400
Where does the government send those who are caught with books in their possession?
What is...an asylum?
500
What major event is going on "in the background" of the story in F451?
What is...a war?
500
With imagination and curiosity replaced by technology, bored teenagers are left to do what for fun in the society of F451?
What is hit people with cars, smash/break things
500
How has Clarisse often been described by her peers and doctors?
What is..."anti-social"
500
"You can't ever have my books".
What is...the old woman
500
Who was the first fireman, according to the history taught in the society of F451?
Who is...Benjamin Franklin