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Reading Quiz, Fahrenheit 451, Part 1 (“The Hearth and the Salamander”)
1. Montag's uniform is brandished with this mythical creature:
A. dragon
B. centaur
C. phoenix
D. Cyclops
2. What symbolic number is engraved on Montag’s helmet?
A. 777
B. 666
C. 451
D. 13
3. What does Mildred overdose on?
A. sleeping pills
B. Prozac
C. alcohol
4. Montag’s job as a fireman means he…
A. extinguishes fires for a living
C. fireproofs houses for a living
D. cocaine
B. starts fires for a living
D. counsels citizens on the harmful nature of books
5. Who does Montag meet that makes him begin questioning the life around him?
A. Mildred
B. Beatty
C. Clarisse
D. “the family”
6. What is the significance of the fact that the dandelion does not rub off on Montag’s chin?
A. it supposedly means he is not in love
B. it supposedly means he is in love
C. it supposedly means he is a rebel
D. it supposedly means he is a peacekeeper
7. How many wall-TVs do Montag and his wife have?
A. 0
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
8.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Why does Montag suspect the Mechanical Hound has been programmed against him?
it sniffs him repeatedly and blocks his passageway
it growls at him
it comes to all of the other firemen…but not to Montag
it sleeps outside his door at night
9. Who inspires Clarisse to be different/awkward/strange?
A. her father
B. her mother
C. her uncle
D. her sister
10. Who turned-in the alarm on the old woman with the hidden books?
A. her neighbor
B. Beatty
C. Montag
D. herself
11. What question haunts Montag because neither he nor his wife can remember the answer?
A. How many children did Montag and his wife have?
B. How many fires has Montag started?
C. How many books does Montag have hidden in the vent?
D. Where did Montag and his wife meet?
12. What are the Seashells?
A. small shell-shaped devices that allow the government to monitor them
B. tiny transistor radio ear plugs
C. interactive remotes that allow the viewers to participate in the tv programming
D. mini sleep lozenges that melt on the tongue
13. What does Mildred tell Montag has happened to Clarisse?
A. she was run over by a car
B. she was seized by the government for mutiny
C. she ran away
D. she was burned by the firemen while defending her hidden books
14. What did Mildred find behind Montag’s pillow?
A. her sleeping pills that Montag was hiding
B. a book Montag had stolen
C. a letter to Montag from Clarisse
D. the remote control to the wall-tvs that he was hiding from her
15. What does Beatty explain happens to the dead in their society?
A. they receive a brief memorial before being replaced with someone who is living
B. the bodies are burned by the firemen
C. within 5 minutes, the body (minus a funeral) is in the Incinerators
D. they receive a memorial and funeral before being buried
BONUS (+5):
Who is the author of Fahrenheit 451?
KEY
1. Montag's uniform is brandished with this mythical creature:
A. dragon
B. centaur
C. phoenix
D. Cyclops
2. What symbolic number is engraved on Montag’s helmet?
A. 777
B. 666
C. 451
D. 13
3. What does Mildred overdose on?
A. sleeping pills
B. Prozac
C. alcohol
4. Montag’s job as a fireman means he…
A. extinguishes fires for a living
C. fireproofs houses for a living
D. cocaine
B. starts fires for a living
D. counsels citizens on the harmful nature of books
5. Who does Montag meet that makes him begin questioning the life around him?
A. Mildred
B. Beatty
C. Clarisse
D. “the family”
6. What is the significance of the fact that the dandelion does not rub off on Montag’s chin?
A. it supposedly means he is not in love
B. it supposedly means he is in love
C. it supposedly means he is a rebel
D. it supposedly means he is a peacekeeper
7. How many wall-TVs do Montag and his wife have?
A. 0
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
8.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Why does Montag suspect the Mechanical Hound has been programmed against him?
it sniffs him repeatedly and blocks his passageway
it growls at him
it comes to all of the other firemen…but not to Montag
it sleeps outside his door at night
9. Who inspires Clarisse to be different/awkward/strange?
A. her father
B. her mother
C. her uncle
D. her sister
10. Who turned-in the alarm on the old woman with the hidden books?
A. her neighbor
B. Beatty
C. Montag
D. herself
11. What question haunts Montag because neither he nor his wife can remember the answer?
A. How many children did Montag and his wife have?
B. How many fires has Montag started?
C. How many books does Montag have hidden in the vent?
D. Where did Montag and his wife meet?
12. What are the Seashells?
A. small shell-shaped devices that allow the government to monitor them
B. tiny transistor radio ear plugs
C. interactive remotes that allow the viewers to participate in the tv programming
D. mini sleep lozenges that melt on the tongue
13. What does Mildred tell Montag has happened to Clarisse?
A. she was run over by a car
B. she was seized by the government for mutiny
C. she ran away
D. she was burned by the firemen while defending her hidden books
14. What did Mildred find behind Montag’s pillow?
A. her sleeping pills that Montag was hiding
B. a book Montag had stolen
C. a letter to Montag from Clarisse
D. the remote control to the wall-tvs that he was hiding from her
15. What does Beatty explain happens to the dead in their society?
A. they receive a brief memorial before being replaced with someone who is living
B. the bodies are burned by the firemen
C. within 5 minutes, the body (minus a funeral) is in the Incinerators
D. they receive a memorial and funeral before being buried
BONUS (+5):
Who is the author of Fahrenheit 451?
Ray Bradbury