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