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The Sieve & the Sand
Comprehension
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who is Faber? | A retired professor |
| Where did Faber first meet Montag? | In the park a year ago |
| Why did Montag go see him? | To seek advice |
| What was the plan they came up with? | destroy the firemen |
| What is the purpose of the plan? | To confuse people and get them to question the firemen |
| Why did Faber eventually let Montag into his house? | He saw the Bible in his hand |
| ___________ years ago the last liberal arts college was closed. | 40 |
| How was Montag so convincing in getting Faber to help him? | He began tearing pages out of the Bible |
| Faber wears ____________ in his ears while on the subway | earplugs |
| What did Montag leave at Faber's house? | The Bible |
| What does Montag take from Faber? | a green bullet |
| What is the purpose of this device from Faber? | It allows them to keep in constant communication |
| What is the "volcano's mouth" that Mildred and her friends go into? | The parlor room with the parlor walls |
| The government is mostly focused on ___________ in this novel. | war |
| What does Montag do to "upset" one of the women? | Reads poetry |
| Millie his Montag's books where? | Behind the fridge |
| Which lady is the most upset? | Mrs. Phelps |
| What does she do? | cries |
| What did Montag do with book of poetry? | Threw it into the incinerator |
| Why did he do this? | To make the ladies think he was only joking around |
| Montag hides the remainder of his books ____________ | in the bushes in his backyard |
| Beatty expects Montag to give him something; what is it? | the book he stole from the old woman's house |
| Something interrupted the poker game; what? | the alarm |
| What was so special about the next house the firemen were visiting? | It was Montag's house |
| What three things does Faber say is missing from society? | Quality of information found in books, leisure to think about and digest information found in books, the right to carry out actions based on the first two |
| Montag is ________________ right about the value of books. | intuitively |
| Montag devised a(n) ______________ plan to hide books in firemen's houses. | insidious |
| Beatty warned Montag not to see himself as a(n) __________ with a message. | oracle |
| By oversimplifying everything, people do not see the _______ and complexity of life. | profusion |
| Do not mistake _____________ for meaningful statements of truth. | verbiage |
| Montag's rage would not _________________ until he had reduced Millie's guests to tears. | subside |
| The bombers crossed the sky....whistling like an immense, invisible fan, circling in emptiness. | simile |
| To me it means texture.....the book has pores....has features | personification |
| He's a regular peppermint stick now, all sugar-crystal and saccharine | metaphor |
| ...he saw their Chesire cat smiles burning through the walls... | allusion |
Created by:
kwinstead