Fahrenheit 451
Your responses must be in complete sentences. Answer the questions using specific details
from the section, using quotations as needed.
The Hearth and the Salamander
Pg. 1 - 12
1. To what does the title Fahrenheit 451 refer? Why do you think Ray Bradbury uses this?
2. What is meant by “she seemed hypnotized by the salamander on his arm and the phoenix-disc
on his chest”? What do you think these symbols mean?
3. What are some literary devices used so far? Give specific examples from the story.
Pg. 12 - 25
1. Why doesn’t Clarisse want to tell the psychiatrist what she really thinks?
2. What is the Mechanical Hound?
3. What is revealed through Montage’s conversation with Beatty about her Hound?
Pg. 25 – 32
1. What secret does Montag have?
2. How has history been changed to fit in with the way society has changed? How do you know
this?
3. Give examples for at least three literary devices used in this section of reading.
Pg. 32 – 48
1. What is the importance/significance of the dandelion? (pg. 48)
2. Why does Montag feel like his life is a centrifuge?
3. What can you tell about Captain Beatty after his conversation with Montag?
4. What is the relationship like between Montag and Mildred? Be specific.
Pg. 48 – 56
1. How does Beatty feel problems in society should be fixed? What does he feel about
education? Do you think he is serious or making a joke?
2. Do you think Beatty is sympathetic to Montag’s doubts? Why or why not.
Pg. 56 - 65
1. What is the significance of the “front porch”?
2. What is Montag’s confession to Millie? How does she feel about this?
3. Bradbury used the imagery of machines and water to introduce the setting of this book. Give
several specifics examples of each from the novel so far.
The Sieve and the Sand
Pg. 67 - 76
1. When was the last liberal arts college shut down?
2. Why did Professor Faber think Montag's call was some sort of trap?
Pg. 76 – 119 Thanksgiving Break
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Why did Faber's fear dissipate (go away) when Montag was standing outside his door?
Pg. 119 – 123 Thanksgiving Break Due Monday
1. What did Montag want from Faber?
2. What does it mean that people who are having fun are reluctant to become rebels? Who
said this?
3. How did. Montag finally get Faber to consider really helping him?
4. What is the Queen Bee analogy? Why does it underscore Faber's cowardice?
5. What two items were exchanged before Montag left the professor's house?
6. What is the “volcano's mouth”?
7. Why did Montag pull the plug on the living room "fish bowl"?
8. Why does Faber object to Montag's poetry reading?
9. Which lady was affected by the original intent /meaning of the poetry?
10. What is the meaning of the conversation, in the late hours of the night, between Faber and
Montag?
Burning Bright
11. What interrupted the poker game?
12. Captain Beatty drove the Salamander to whose house?
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How had Beatty given Montag hints that he is under suspicion?
Who must have brought the books back from the garden?
Who (three) turned in an alarm against Montag?
What happened to Montag's green bullet?
Why did Montag burn Beatty's body?
What is Montag's plan to escape?
Pg. 123 - 138
1. Why did Montag want Faber to turn on the air conditioning and sprinklers?
2. Interpret "Twenty million Montags running, soon, if the cameras caught him."
3. What is meant by "The world was full of burning of all types and sizes"? How is the
comparison drawn?
Pg. 138 – 148
1. What is different about fire now that Montag is in a new place?
2. Who died in Montag's place?
3. What did Granger mean by "Welcome back from the dead"?
4. When Granger and other like minded people are stopped by authorities, why isn't any
incriminating evidence found?
Pg. 148 - 158
1. What does it mean to "hate the Roman named Status Quo"?
2. What does the image of the phoenix mean?