Fahrenheit 451
Comprehension Questions
Part 3: Burning Bright [Pages 1-15]
Name: ___________________________________
12/02/15
DIRECTIONS: You are to answer each of the following questions (YES, IN COMPLETE
SENTENCES) on a separate sheet of paper. We read this aloud in class AND discussed most all
of these questions. Paying attention in class has its rewards.
DUE DATE: Thursday, December 3 at the beginning of class. If you don’t finish this in class
today, it becomes homework.
1. Captain Beatty has stopped in front of Montag’s house. Montag is surprised. Beatty
does not think that this should come as a surprise to Montag. Why?
2. Who does Beatty think fooled and ruined Montag?
3. a. Where is Mildred in all of the commotion?
b. Who is she worried about?
4. There are books in the Montag house. Where were the books and how did they get
back into the house?
5. a.
b.
c.
d.
What does Beatty want Montag to do?
Why?
What does Faber want Montag to do?
Why can’t Montag do what Faber tells him to do?
6. When Montag finishes destroying the house, what is supposed to happen to him?
7. Who turned in the alarm?
8. a. What takes place between Montag and Beatty?
b. What does Beatty discover?
9. Describe in detail what happens to Captain Beatty.
10. Explain the incident with the Mechanical Hound. What happens to the hound?
11. How does Montag’s leg feel? In your answer, use the figurative language that the
author uses to describe Montag’s leg.
12. a. What does Montag look for in the backyard?
b. What does he find and what does he do?
c. What are Montag’s feelings about what he has done?
13. a. What realization does Montag come to about Captain Beatty?
b. Why does he believe this to be so?
14. a. What does Montag feel he has done to Faber?
b. Why?
c. Is Faber okay?
15. a. What does Montag hear on the Seashells?
b. What does he do?
16. a. Why does Montag go to the gas station?
b. What significant event does he learn about there?
17. a. What or who does Montag think is after him?
b. What happens?
c. Who was it?
18. a. In whose house does Montag hide some books?
b. Where does he hide them?
c. What does he do next?
19. a. Montag questions all that has happened in the last week and all that is now lost?
b. What is lost?
20. a. Where does Faber suggest Montag should go?
b. Who else will he find there?
21. a. Faber gives Montag a small postcard-sized TV. What is being broadcast tonight?
b. Is this event similar to anything you might have watched on TV? Explain.
22. It is very late or early morning. How would the people know to come and watch the
hunt on the parlour walls?
23. a. What instructions does Montag give to Faber for after he leaves?
b. Does it work?
24. How does the audience become involved in the drama?
25. Describe the conflicts that are going on inside Montag regarding Clarisse, Mildred,
Beatty, and Faber.