WHO'S THAT GUY?
This fireman begins the novel enjoying his work but gradually questions what he burns.
Who is Guy Montag?
Censorship
What is suppressing or restricting information or expression considered objectionable?
(exact answers may vary)
After first meeting Clarisse, Montag returns home and discovers this medical emergency.
What is Mildred’s sleeping-pill overdose?
Mildred wears these tiny devices in her ears to listen to broadcasts.
What are Seashell radios?
Montag tells Clarisse that doing this with the books he burns is against the law.
What is reading them?
Identify both comparisons:
A. “The books fluttered like frightened birds.”
B. “The parlor was a cage.”
What are: A. simile and B. metaphor?
This seventeen-year-old neighbor unsettles Montag by asking whether he is happy.
Who is Clarisse McClellan?
Melancholy
What is sadness or gloom?
(exact answers may vary)
During the raid on the old woman’s house, Montag secretly does this before the house burns.
What is taking and concealing a book?
Mildred already has three of these and wants a fourth to complete her entertainment space.
What are parlor walls, or wall-sized television screens?
Firemen learn which houses contain books through this kind of information from other citizens.
What are reports or tips from informants, including neighbors?
The repeated beginning sound in “Beatty burns banned books” demonstrates this device.
What is alliteration?
This character considers the people on the parlor walls her “family.”
Who is Mildred Montag?
Stolid
What is showing little emotion or reaction?
(exact answers may vary)
The morning after the old woman’s death, Montag does this instead of reporting for work.
What is staying home sick?
This eight-legged machine at the firehouse can pursue and kill its targets.
What is the Mechanical Hound?
The firemen’s rulebook falsely identifies this historical American as the first fireman in their book-burning organization.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Identify both devices:
A. “The empty chair begged Mildred to sit.”
B. “I’ve told you a million times to turn off those screens!”
What are A. personification and B. hyperbole?
This fireman visits Montag at home and explains why their society abandoned books.
Who is Captain Beatty?
Heresy
What is a belief that conflicts with established religious doctrine or accepted beliefs?
(exact answers may vary)
After Beatty leaves his home, Montag reveals this secret to Mildred.
What is his collection of hidden books?
The two machines used to treat Mildred perform these two different jobs.
What are pumping out her stomach and replacing her blood?
According to Beatty, a fireman who takes a book has this long to burn it before the other firemen intervene.
What is twenty-four hours?
A writer places a scene of Clarisse enjoying quiet conversation beside a scene of Mildred absorbed in noisy screens, emphasizing their differences through this technique.
What is juxtaposition?
This character’s refusal to abandon her books makes Montag wonder what could make reading worth dying for.
Who is the old woman whose house the firemen burn?
Proclivities
What are natural tendencies or inclinations?
(exact answers may vary)
Put these events in order:
A. Beatty visits Montag at home.
B. Montag first meets Clarisse.
C. Montag and Mildred begin reading together.
D. Mildred receives emergency treatment.
E. The old woman dies with her books.
What is B → D → E → A → C?
The Mechanical Hound identifies its target using this information programmed into it.
What is the person’s chemical makeup/amino acids or chemical scent profile?
The firemen’s rulebook orders them to do this immediately after burning everything.
What is reporting back to the firehouse?
Name both concepts:
A. A narrator’s approving or disapproving attitude toward a subject.
B. The different positive/negative associations carried by words such as “inquisitive” and “nosy.”
What are A. tone and B. connotation?