1. Fahrenheit 451 Study Questions/Quizzes
By James Davidian 2014
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2. F. The Firehouse- F451 -pg31-35
41. How does time pass on pg 31-32?
Time passes quickly- day 1-7. He doesn’t see Clarisse.
42. And what happened to that guy whose house they burned? 33-
Took him to the Asylum/Mental Institution.
43. Montag says he has been thinking.. about “how would we feel if…___?” 33-34
“..if firemen burned our houses and our books.”
44. What list is on the wall in the firehouse? 34
A list of a million forbidden books is posted on the wall.
45. What flashbacks does Montag have?34
He remembers the old man in the park on a cold day.

3. F. The Firehouse- F451 –pg 31-34
46. When Montag asks was it always like this “once upon a time,” what does Beatty say? 34
Beatty says “What kind of talk is that?”- Hinting that Montag read a book.
47. Montag quotes Clarisse, and asks “Didn’t firemen__? “…use to put out fires?”
, who was the first fireman? What did he do? 34
Ben Franklin was the first fireman- Their history is false- lying to the public.
G. The Woman and the Fire 35-40
49. Where do they go on the alarm? 35
They go to a “flaking 3-story house in the ancient part of the city” - to burn books.
50. Why are they at the ladies’ house. 35
The lady has books in her attic.

4. 51. What quote does the lady give? 36
She quotes “Play the man, Master Ridley. We shall light such a candle, by God’s grace in England, as I trust shall never be put out.”
52. What was “inconvenient” (36), that the lady was “spoiling the ritual? 37
Normally cops take the homeowner away before fireman get there, but today the lady was still there.
53. Describe how the books are gathered? 37-38
They “fell like slaughtered birds” and lay in piles like dead fish.
54. What magic trick does Montag’s hand do? 37-38
His hand makes the book “disappear under his arm.”
55. What did they pump all over the books?
kerosene

5. 56. Beatty alludes to the “Tower of Babel”- what was that
56. Beatty alludes to the “Tower of Babel”- what was that? 38 Just as in Genesis 11 when everyone’s language was changed, Beatty says her books are babbling too.
57. What does Montag offer the woman? 39
Offers to take her to his house.
58. The woman pulls out a ___ that send the men running? 39
“kitchen match”
59. What does the lady do? 39-40
The lady strikes a match and dies with her books.
60. Beatty explains the quote pg 40- who originally said the quote, and why?
Latimer and Ridley were willing to die for their faith in God and were burnt alive- saying they hope their “candle” will never be put out (impact to change others).
Think- Why did the lady say it? She hopes her sacrifice will change others.

6. Their Marriage pg.41-44 “…He did not open the window.”
61. The hands (that did the magic trick pg 37-38) is described as having what ? 41
”Infected” with “poison”
62. Where does he put the book? 41
Under his cold pillow.
63. His bed/room is described in what metaphor?
“A winter island separated by an empty sea”
64. What does Mildred always have in her ear? 42
Sea Shell radio-headphones- “Walls always talking to Mildred”44
65. What question does Montag ask Millie? 42-43
Where did we first meet? She doesn’t remember.
66. What does Mildred do in the bathroom? 43
swallow pills
67. How would you describe their marriage? 43-45
bad, they argue, don’t love each other.
68. Flashbacking to the night of the ___, what would he do if she died? 44
flashback to the 2 men operating on her, if she died he wouldn’t cry,