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Fahrenheit 451: Ray
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| "Who wrote Fahrenheit 451 | Ray Bradbury |
| "What genre is Fahrenheit 451 considered | Anti censorship speculative fiction |
| "What was Bradbury known for doing in public | People watching |
| "What type of books did Bradbury read often | Science fiction books |
| "What other famous book did Bradbury write | The Martian Chronicles |
| "What did Bradbury consider Fahrenheit 451 to be | His only true science fiction novel |
| "What writing habit did Bradbury practice weekly | Writing one short story a week |
| "What was the original short story that became Fahrenheit 451 | The Pedestrian |
| "What was the second title before becoming Fahrenheit 451 | Fireman |
| "In what year was Fahrenheit 451 published as a full novel | Nineteen fifty three |
| "What theme is Fahrenheit 451 mainly a warning about | Censorship and loss of independent thinking |
| "What three questions does the introduction ask | What if if only and if this goes on |
| "What type of fiction asks what if questions | Speculative fiction |
| "What does Fahrenheit 451 encourage readers to do | Think for themselves |
| "What personal element appears in Bradburys writing | References to his own life experiences |
| "What major issue does Fahrenheit 451 criticize | Censorship and suppression of ideas |
| "What never left Guys face when he remembered it | His smile in the mirror |
| "What color was Clarisses dress when Montag met her | White |
| "What did Clarisses dress do as she walked | It whispered |
| "What did Clarisse do while walking around Montag | She circled him and emptied his pockets |
| "What did Clarisse do with Montags questions | She thought carefully and sought the best answers |
| "What does Clarisse enjoy doing at night | Smelling things looking at things walking and watching the sunrise |
| "What does Clarisse think about firemen | She sees Montag as just a man not someone to fear |
| "What does Montag say about houses in his society | They are fireproof |
| "What does Clarisse accuse Montag of never doing | Stopping to think about her questions |
| "What does Clarisse say Montag does when she has not been funny | He laughs impulsively |
| "What does Montag say Clarisse does too much | She thinks too many things |
| "What effect does Clarisse have on Montag | She makes him question his knowledge and beliefs |
| "What object in Montags house seems to watch him | Something behind the ventilator grill |
| "What does the ventilator grill scene foreshadow | Montag hiding something forbidden |
| "What event from a year earlier does Montag remember | Meeting an old man in the park |
| "What literary device is used when Montag remembers the old man | Flashback and foreshadowing |
| "What does Montag compare his home to when he enters it | A mausoleum |
| "What does the mausoleum description symbolize | Emptiness coldness and lack of life |
| "What does Montag notice about the darkness of his home | It feels dead and silent |
| "What does Montag realize about his smile after meeting Clarisse | It fades when he enters his home |
| "What does the contrast between Clarisse and Montags home represent | Life versus emptiness |
| "What theme is introduced by Montags reaction to his home | His growing dissatisfaction with his life |
| "What does Clarisse test Montag with when they first meet | A dandelion rubbed under the chin |
| "What does the dandelion test supposedly show | Whether someone is in love |
| "What does the dandelion test reveal about Montag | It does not show love under his chin |
| "What does Montag insist after the dandelion test | That he is in love |
| "What does Clarisse say about her family | They talk and think and enjoy being together |
| "What does Clarisse say about school | It does not teach real thinking |
| "What does Clarisse say about her uncle | He was arrested for driving too slowly |
| "What does Clarisse say about billboards | They were lengthened because cars drove too fast |
| "What does Clarisse ask Montag that shocks him | Are you happy |
| "What effect does Clarisses question have on Montag | It unsettles him and makes him think |
| "What does Montag realize after Clarisse leaves | He is not truly happy |
| "What does Montag hear inside his house when he enters | Silence and emptiness |
| "What does Montag find in his bedroom | His wife lying unconscious |
| "What caused Mildreds condition when Montag found her | She overdosed on sleeping pills |
| "What machines are used to save Mildred | A stomach pump and a blood replacement machine |
| "What do the operators of the machines say about overdoses | They happen ten or twelve times a night |
| "What does Montag notice about the operators | They are not doctors and act casually |
| "What does the machine that pumps Mildreds stomach resemble | A black cobra |
| "What does the cobra machine symbolize | Dehumanization and emotional emptiness |
| "What does Mildred remember about her overdose the next day | Nothing |
| "What does Mildred want to buy the next morning | A fourth wall television |
| "What does Mildred call the characters on the TV walls | Her family |
| "What does Montag hear outside after Mildreds overdose | Jet bombers flying overhead |
| "What does the sound of bombers foreshadow | Impending war |
| "What does Montag step on outside his house | A small object left by Clarisse |
| "What does Montag learn about Clarisse shortly afterward | She has been classified as antisocial |
| "What does Clarisses family do that is unusual | They talk walk and think together |
| "What does Montag begin to question after meeting Clarisse | His job his happiness and his society |
| "What does Beatty compare the Mechanical Hound to | A rifle that finds its own target |
| "What does Clarisse say about children her age | They kill each other and she is afraid of them |
| "How many of Clarisses friends were shot in the last year | Six |
| "How many of Clarisses friends died in car wrecks | Ten |
| "What does Clarisses uncle say children used to believe in | Responsibility |
| "What does the term disease represent in the novel | Dis ease or lack of ease in society |
| "What announcement does the radio make early in the book | War may be declared any hour |
| "What does Montag see on the wall at the firehouse | A list of a million forbidden books |
| "What memory returns to Montag when he sees the book list | Talking to an old man in a green park |
| "What does a burning book look like in Montags hands | A white pigeon with fluttering wings |
| "What does Montag blame for stealing the book | His hand acting on its own |
| "What does Montags hand symbolize | His subconscious rebellion |
| "What does Montag feel when he looks at Mildred after Clarisse disappears | She feels like a stranger |
| "What does Montag compare entering his home to | A drunk man entering the wrong house |
| "What makes Montag cry unexpectedly | The thought of not crying over Mildreds possible death |
| "What does the snake machine do to Mildred | Pumps her stomach and replaces her blood |
| "What does the snake machine symbolize | Emptiness and dehumanization |
| "How many TV walls does Mildred have | Three |
| "What does Mildred call the people on the TV walls | Her family |
| "What shocking news does Mildred tell Montag about Clarisse | She was run over by a car |
| "What does Montag say when he hears Clarisse is dead | You are not sure of it |
| "What does Beatty say caused society to simplify everything | Mass media like photography movies radio and television |
| "What does Beatty say happened to books as mass media grew | They became simpler and lost depth |
| "What does Beatty say about modern education | Out of the nursery into the college and back to the nursery |
| "What does Beatty say publishers and broadcasters do to the mind | Whirl it so fast it flings off thought |
| "What does Beatty say society wants instead of thinking | More sports more fun more cartoons more pictures |
| "What does Beatty call people who constantly travel from place to place | Gasoline refugees |
| "What does Beatty say about keeping people politically happy | Give them no choices or none at all |
| "What does Montag want to do with the books he has hidden | Start over again and learn |
| "What does Mildred say about the books Montag shows her | They do not mean anything |
| "What does Mildreds reaction to the books show | She cannot comprehend deeper meaning |
| "What is the title of the next section after Montags crisis | The Sieve and the Sand |
| "Who is the old man Montag meets again | Faber |
| "What does Faber say he talks about | The meaning of things not the things themselves |
| "What does Faber call himself when Montag visits | A coward |
| "What does Faber say books really are | Receptacles for things we might forget |
| "What is Fabers first reason books are important | They have quality and texture |
| "What does Faber mean by quality in books | Books have pores and details that show life |
| "What is Fabers second requirement for a meaningful life | Leisure to digest information |
| "What is Fabers third requirement for a meaningful life | The right to act on what we learn |
| "What does Faber say about the public and reading | The public stopped reading on its own |
| "Who are the three women Montag meets later | Mrs Phelps Mrs Bowles and Clara |
| "What does Montag do that upsets the women | He reads a poem aloud |
| "How do the women react to the poem | One becomes emotional and cries |
| "Who does Beatty say is the most dangerous enemy to truth and freedom | The solid unmoving cattle of the majority |
| "What happens when Montag escapes after killing Beatty | Lights flick on and doors open as neighbors watch like a carnival |
| "What does Montag think when he realizes there is no solution | Fire will remove the problem |
| "What does Beatty say when he suspects Montag has a radio | First I thought you had a Seashell but then I wondered |
| "What truth does Montag realize about Beatty after killing him | Beatty wanted to die |
| "Why does Montag believe Beatty wanted to die | He kept provoking Montag instead of saving himself |
| "What recurring image appears as Montag flees the city | A carnival |
| "What emotion does Montag finally feel when thinking of Mildred while escaping | Sadness |
| "What is different about the fire Montag sees in the wilderness | It warms instead of burns |
| "Who does Montag meet after escaping the city | Granger and his group |
| "What does the government do when Montag escapes | They kill a scapegoat on live TV |
| "What does Granger say when he welcomes Montag | Welcome back from the dead |
| "What does Granger say the group wants to do | Keep the knowledge they think they will need safe |
| "What does Granger say about humanitys resilience | Man never gets so discouraged that he stops trying again |
| "What symbolic act do the men perform with Montag in the wilderness | They put out the fire together |
| "What do the men believe about the knowledge in their heads | It may make future dawns glow with a purer light |
| "What warning does Grangers grandfather give about the wilderness | If we forget how close it is it will come in and get us |
| "What happens to the city during the war | It is destroyed instantly |
| "What does Montag imagine Mildred sees in her final moment | Her own empty face reflected in the TV walls |
| "What does Montag hear after the city is destroyed | The sound of its death comes after |
| "What does Granger tell Montag about his importance | You are not important you are not anything |
| "What does Granger say people did wrong when they had books | They insulted the dead by not using what books taught |
| "What does Granger say they will build first | A mirror factory |
| "What does the mirror factory symbolize | Reflection and self examination |
| "What happens when Montag begins walking with the group | The others fall in behind him as he leads north |
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