Fahrenheit 451
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Study Questions
Part 2: The Sieve and the Sand
Characters:
 Faber
 Mrs. Bowles
 Mrs. Clara Phelps
1. What is Montag doing as Part 2 begins? (71)
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2. How has the absence of books contributed to the constant threat of war? (73-74)
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3. Whom does Guy decide to visit in order to make sense of the books he’s reading?
(75)
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4. What are some of the books in Montag’s possession? (76)
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5. What colour is associated with Faber? (80)
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6. What is Faber’s regret? (82)
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7. What are the three things missing from the world, according to Faber? (83-85)
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8. What plan do Faber and Montag decide upon? (86- 87) Will this plan work?
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9. What flies overhead as Guy and Faber make their plan? (87)
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10. What rash act does Montag commit in order to convince Faber to go along with
his plan? (88)
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11. What does Faber give to Montag? Why? (89)
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12. What is the difference between this object and Mildred’s seashell ear plugs?
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13. What does Faber promise to read to Montag? (93) How does this story relate to
Montag?
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14. Discuss Montag and Mildred’s husband/wife relationship. (94-95)
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15. Discuss the women’s view of children. (96)
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16. What does Montag bring out in front of Mildred’s friends? (97)
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17. What does Montag read to them and what is Mrs. Phelps’ surprising reaction?
(100)
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18. What does Montag do with the book? (101)
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19. What does Montag do with the remaining books? (102)
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20. Via the earpiece, what does Faber caution Montag to do? (103-104)
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21. On pages 105-106, Beatty quotes Shakespeare, Pope, Sidney, and other
famous authors. Why does Beatty quote books so often? Why is this ironic?
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22. Is ignorance really bliss, as Beatty implies?
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23. What happens to disrupt the firemen’s game of cards? (108)
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24. Whose home does the truck stop in front of? (110)
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