Fahrenheit 451 Test by Raj Thaker
BOLDED ANSWERS = RIGHT ANSWERS
1. What is the name of the character that changes Montag’s way of thinking?
Clarisse B) Janet C) Debra D) Gina
2. Today’s earbuds would be equivalent to __________ in this book.
Earplugs B) Mufflers C) Seashells D) Hats
3. What is the purpose of the mechanical hound?
Houspet B) Testing Purposes C) Kill Fugitives D) Train other dogs
4. What is a fireman’s job in this book?
Put out fires B) Burn down houses with books C) Help animals D) All of the above
5. Where does this story take place?
Chicago B) New York C) San Francisco D) Not mentioned
6. Who are the people that Mildred refers to her as her “family”?
Montag B) Her parents C) The people on TV D) Her neighbors
7. What …show more content…
Montag has been a fireman for 20 years ______________(F)
30. Montag and Mildred have children ____________________(F)
31. Montag is 30 years old _____________________________(T)
32. The official slogan for the firemen is "Monday burn Millay, Wednesday Whitman, Friday Falkner, burn em' to ashes, then burn the ashes." ___________________________(T)
33. Clarisse is most inspired by her father ___________(F)
34. Clarisse’s uncle was arrested for driving too slow __________(T)
35. In this book people drive as the same speed as us __________ (F)
MATCHING (Match the letter of the character to the corresponding quotes)
A = Montag
B = Beatty
C = Faber
D = Mildred
E = Clarisse
36. "What traitors books can be! You think they’re backing you up, and then they turn on you. Others can use them, too, and there you are, lost in the middle of the moor, in a great welter of nouns and verbs and adjectives." __(B)
37. "Montag, take my word for it, I've had to read a few in my time, to know what I was about, and the books say nothing! Nothing you can teach or believe. They're about non-existent people, figments of imagination, if they're fiction. And if they're non-fiction, it's worse, one professor calling another an idiot, one philosopher screaming down another's gullet. All of them running about, putting out the stars and extinguishing the sun. You come away lost." …show more content…
"No, no, it's not books at all you're looking for! Take it where you can find it, in old phonograph records, old motion pictures, and in old friends; look for it in nature and look for it in yourself. Books were only one type of receptacle where we stored a lot of things we were afraid we might forget. There is nothing magical in them at all. The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us. " __(C)
SHORT ANSWER
41. What types of people are punished in this society? (The people that try to gain knowledge and read books that is not distributed by the government)
42. How does Montag feel about his job at the beginning? (He loves it and thinks it's a great job)
43. What is Montag favorite part of his job? (Watching fire burn)
44. Is this society dystopian or utopian? Why? (It is dystopian because it is not a perfect world.)
45. How solid is Montag’s marriage? (He has love for Mildred but it is not as strong because she watches TV all day)
Ray Bradbury Questions
46. What year did Ray Bradbury die?
1999 B) 2010 C) 2012 D) 2003
47. What state is Ray Bradbury from?
Missouri B) Illinois C) New York D) Colorado
48. How old was Ray Bradbury when he died?
86 B) 65 C) 91 D) 96
49. What is Bradbury’s personal library called?
Waukegan Public Library Bradbury National Library
Walkingbon Library
Sattowa Library
50. Compare Mildred and Clarisse. Are they both meant to last long in this
BOLDED ANSWERS = RIGHT ANSWERS
1. What is the name of the character that changes Montag’s way of thinking?
Clarisse B) Janet C) Debra D) Gina
2. Today’s earbuds would be equivalent to __________ in this book.
Earplugs B) Mufflers C) Seashells D) Hats
3. What is the purpose of the mechanical hound?
Houspet B) Testing Purposes C) Kill Fugitives D) Train other dogs
4. What is a fireman’s job in this book?
Put out fires B) Burn down houses with books C) Help animals D) All of the above
5. Where does this story take place?
Chicago B) New York C) San Francisco D) Not mentioned
6. Who are the people that Mildred refers to her as her “family”?
Montag B) Her parents C) The people on TV D) Her neighbors
7. What …show more content…
Montag has been a fireman for 20 years ______________(F)
30. Montag and Mildred have children ____________________(F)
31. Montag is 30 years old _____________________________(T)
32. The official slogan for the firemen is "Monday burn Millay, Wednesday Whitman, Friday Falkner, burn em' to ashes, then burn the ashes." ___________________________(T)
33. Clarisse is most inspired by her father ___________(F)
34. Clarisse’s uncle was arrested for driving too slow __________(T)
35. In this book people drive as the same speed as us __________ (F)
MATCHING (Match the letter of the character to the corresponding quotes)
A = Montag
B = Beatty
C = Faber
D = Mildred
E = Clarisse
36. "What traitors books can be! You think they’re backing you up, and then they turn on you. Others can use them, too, and there you are, lost in the middle of the moor, in a great welter of nouns and verbs and adjectives." __(B)
37. "Montag, take my word for it, I've had to read a few in my time, to know what I was about, and the books say nothing! Nothing you can teach or believe. They're about non-existent people, figments of imagination, if they're fiction. And if they're non-fiction, it's worse, one professor calling another an idiot, one philosopher screaming down another's gullet. All of them running about, putting out the stars and extinguishing the sun. You come away lost." …show more content…
"No, no, it's not books at all you're looking for! Take it where you can find it, in old phonograph records, old motion pictures, and in old friends; look for it in nature and look for it in yourself. Books were only one type of receptacle where we stored a lot of things we were afraid we might forget. There is nothing magical in them at all. The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us. " __(C)
SHORT ANSWER
41. What types of people are punished in this society? (The people that try to gain knowledge and read books that is not distributed by the government)
42. How does Montag feel about his job at the beginning? (He loves it and thinks it's a great job)
43. What is Montag favorite part of his job? (Watching fire burn)
44. Is this society dystopian or utopian? Why? (It is dystopian because it is not a perfect world.)
45. How solid is Montag’s marriage? (He has love for Mildred but it is not as strong because she watches TV all day)
Ray Bradbury Questions
46. What year did Ray Bradbury die?
1999 B) 2010 C) 2012 D) 2003
47. What state is Ray Bradbury from?
Missouri B) Illinois C) New York D) Colorado
48. How old was Ray Bradbury when he died?
86 B) 65 C) 91 D) 96
49. What is Bradbury’s personal library called?
Waukegan Public Library Bradbury National Library
Walkingbon Library
Sattowa Library
50. Compare Mildred and Clarisse. Are they both meant to last long in this