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Test Fahrenheit 451
Study over part 1,2, and 3.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Flue | a tube or shaft for the passage of smoke |
| Suffuse | to overspread with (liquid,color, etc) |
| Scythe | long curving blade fastened at an angle to a long stick. |
| proboscis | tubal snout or human nose |
| incriminate | making someone appear guilty of a crime |
| baying | shout loudly or deep howl |
| mallet | a weapon resembling the tool, but typically much larger |
| trajectory | the curve or path of an object |
| cacophony | mix of discordant sounds |
| olfactory | relating to the sense of smell |
| Jargon | language characteristics of a particular group |
| anesthetized | administer an anesthetic to. |
| seance | a meeting at which spiritualists attempt to receive messages from the spirit from the dead. |
| refract | the bending of a ray when it passes at an angle. |
| proclivities | inclinations |
| perpectual | never changing or ending |
| insidious | awaiting a chance to entrap |
| converging | come together from different directions so as eventually to meet |
| aesthetic | relating to the philosophy or theories. |
| ballistics | flight dynamics of science |
| centrifuge | rotate at high speed to separate the liquids and solids. |
| Censorship- | suppression of the mind |
| What does Fahrenheit 451 mean? | to measure the temperature and the degree his book was burnt. |
| what does Clarisse symbolizes | Represents clarity and hope. |
| what does the phoenix symbolizes | the fall and rebirth of mankind. |
| Mechanical hound | evil to society, fear of technology to the city |
| the word that became a swear word is | intellectual |
| If you don't want a man unhappy_______, give him one side | politically |
| people in society find Clarisse ________ because she wants to talk to people | unsocial |
| Montag's wife thought she felt bad the next morning because of a | party |
| with a needle the mechanical hound injects | morphine and procaine |
| s Montag becomes wiser, he does not want to______ just to be told what to do again. | think for himself |