Fahrenheit 451: Study and Homework Help: Quiz

1: What is the primary duty of the firemen in the novel?

a. To fight fires

b. To protect free speech

c. To burn illegal books

d. To burn people who defy laws

2: What is the imposing threat throughout this novel?

a. Nuclear meltdown

b. Natural disasters

c. War

d. Alien invasion

3: Why is Clarisse unique?

a. She loves the TV family.

b. She likes conversation.

c. She goes to therapy.

d. She goes to school.

4: Which of the following is a highly motivating force of change for Montag?

a. The Mechanical Hound’s growling

b. Millie’s suicide attempt

c. Admonishment by Beatty

d. The old woman’s death

5: Faber a former professor of which subject?

a. Mathematics

b. English

c. History

d. Law

6: What poem does Montag read to his wife, Mrs. Phelps, and Mrs. Bowles?

a. “Dover Beach”

b. “Leda and the Swan”

c. “Ulysses”

d. “Ode on a Grecian Urn”

7: In what century does the story take place?

a. 21st

b. 22nd

c. 24th

d. 29th

8: What is Captain Beatty’s relationship with books?

a. He doesn’t know how to read and is ashamed of it.

b. He hates books vehemently and is proud he has never read one.

c. He thinks they are a good form of entertainment if not taken too seriously.

d. He is well read but enforces the state views about books.

9: Who is the leader of the social outcasts and criminals?

a. Stoneman

b. Granger

c. Black

d. Clara Phelps

10: Which character says the following: “Play the man, Master Ridley; we shall this day light such a candle, by God’s grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.”

a. Clarisse

b. The old woman

c. Captain Beatty

d. Mildred

11: Who says the following: “Give a man a few lines of verse and he thinks he’s the Lord of all Creation. You think you can walk on water with your books.”

a. Captain Beatty

b. Faber

c. Granger

d. Guy Montag

Fahrenheit 451

Book Summary

Ray Bradbury Biography

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About Fahrenheit 451

Introduction

Major Theme of Fahrenheit 451

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Summary and Analysis by Part

Part 1: The Hearth and the Salamander

Part 2: The Sieve and the Sand

Part 3: Burning Bright

Character List

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Guy Montag

Captain Beatty

Clarisse McClellan

Professor Faber

Mildred Montag

Granger

The Mechanical Hound

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The Issue of Censorship and Fahrenheit 451

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