1. Transient Author; Leader of the Book People A. Montag
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Fahrenheit 451 Unit Test
DIRECTIONS: Match each character with the proper description. Answer choices may be used more than once.
1. transient author; leader of the book people a. Montag 2. Montag’s wife b. Faber 3. Montag plants books in his house c. Clarisse 4. captain of the fire department d. Mildred 5. fireman who abandons his profession ab. Beatty 6. Montag’s neighbor who is aware of the past ac. Granger 7. former English professor ad. Clara Phelps 8. cries at Montag’s reading bc. Black 9. reports that Montag has books 10. killed with a flamethrower
DIRECTIONS: Indicate if the statements below are true or false.
11. Before meeting Clarisse, Montag enjoyed being a fireman.
12. The people of Montag’s time are unconcerned about war.
13. Mildred knows that she is unhappy.
14. Faber believes the solution to the world’s problems is only found in books.
15. Clarisse is jailed by the authorities for her beliefs.
16. Montag’s father and grandfather were firemen.
17. Montag said that Benjamin Franklin was the first fireman.
18. Fire in the novel has both a destructive and constructive force to it.
19. The rules of the society encourage tolerance for the individual differences.
20. Censorship, fear of unhappiness, threat of fire, and constant amusement were used to submit the people to the control of the government.
DIRECTIONS: Choose the answer that best completes each statement.
21. “Antisocial” in the society of Fahrenheit 451 means: a. doing what is expected by society b. acting without harm to society c. staying apart from other people because of constant amusement d. acting in pursuit of individuality and holding discussions with people Version A
22. Mildred and her friends help to point out the theme: a. Where there is no questioning of “rules,” life becomes a series of marionette-like movements. b. They who draw the deepest meaning from life suffer most. c. People are better off when they do not question. d. All of the above
23. The major question Clarisse asked Montag was: a. “Does your wife know you are here?” b. “Why do you have no children?” c. “Are you happy?” d. “Why did you become a fireman?”
24. Faber said the three things missing from life were: a. sincerity, dedication, and hope b. quality information, leisure, and the right to act c. true education, patriotism, and personal profit d. concern for others, slow pace, and books
25. The meaning of the quotation spoken by the old woman, as she and her house were burned, was: a. everyone must die, so why not now? b. Worse injustices have been suffered by other people throughout history. c. Some deaths are necessary to spark action for the sake of freethinking. d. It is better to perish with the things you treasure than to live on without them.
26. Ray Bradbury used science fiction in this novel mainly to: a. provide the reader with an escape from real life b. criticize people who hate books and intellectuals c. predict scientific gadgets that will be invented in the future d. caution today’s people about where their faults could lead
27. Clarisse’s main purpose in the plot is: a. to cause Montag to question the values of society b. to cause Montag to stop loving Mildred c. to commit suicide for her beliefs d. to represent the cycle of events societies follow
28. Beatty’s main purpose in the novel is: a. to explain how fireman came about b. to harass Montag c. to represent an enemy of free thought d. to keep Montag from reading books
29. Faber’s main purpose in the plot is: a. to suggest to Montag he kill Beatty b. to give Montag a new model to imitate c. to reassure Montag that his ideas on the need for change are correct d. to prevent the destruction of the Bible Version A
30. The promise at the end of the novel is: a. that the Phoenix will arise from its ashes b. man will rise again, look at himself, bury war, and heal nations c. the book-people will succeed at convincing survivors of their foolishness d. Montag will turn the use of fire from destruction to construction in a new fire department
DIRECTIONS: Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence.
31. The fireman’s symbol is a. a coiled horse b. a salamander c. an eagle d. a snake
32. Montag keeps in contact with Faber by means of a. the family b. a seashell c. a green bullet d. none of these
33. Literature is being preserved a. by television b. in libraries c. by the church d. in scholars’ minds
34. When Montag tells his wife about her near suicide, she a. laughs b. becomes scared c. doesn’t believe him d. throws her pills away
35. Montag’s wife learns to lip read because a. she is deaf b. she usually listens to a seashell c. the government requires it d. none of these
36. Montag’s contribution to Granger’s group is a. a copy of the Bible b. Gulliver’s Travels c. part of Ecclesiastes d. nothing
37. The people of Montag’s time lived for the pursuit of a. thrills b. knowledge c. war d. improving mankind
38. Faber considers himself a a. pioneer b. hero c. religious man d. coward
39. Montag doesn’t want to return to work a. after his wife nearly dies b. after they burn the old woman c. when he hides the books d. none of these
40. The forces that help Montag recognize his dilemma include all but one of the following: a. the old woman’s death b. the mechanical hound c. Clarisse’s questions d. the contrast between Clarisse and Mildred
DIRECTIONS: Select the one answer which best shows what each symbol represents in the novel.
41. books a. danger b. sources of sorrow c. lost freedoms d. all of the above Version A
42. fire a. ignorance b. destruction of responsibility c. cleansing from a previous life d. all of the above
43. mechanical hound a. computers in general b. man’s best friend c. threat of technology d. all of the above
44. parlor walls a. mind numbing technological entertainment b. replacement for family c. freedom of speech d. both a and b
45. mirrors a. vanity b. need to reflect c. seven years of bad luck d. none of the above
46. Phoenix a. a society that hasn’t learned from the past and destroys itself b. hope in destruction c. both a and b d. neither a nor b
47. the sand and the sieve a. ignorance and knowledge b. love and people c. events and one’s memory d. all of the above
48. rain a. love and laughter b. truth and knowledge c. love and people d. none of the above
49. war a. destruction of society b. inner and outer conflict c. both a and b d. neither a nor b Version A
50. Clarisse a. light of truth b. antisocial behavior c. fear d. love
DIRECTIONS: Choose the correct speaker for each quotation. Some choices will be used more than once while others might not be used at all. a. Montag c. Mildred ab. old woman cd. Mrs. Bowles b. Clarisse d. Beatty bc. Granger da. Mrs. Phelps
51. “We must all be alike. Not everyone born equal like the Constitution says, but everyone made equal. Each man in the image of every other; then all are happy…”
52. “The good writers touch life often. The mediocre ones run a quick hand over her. The bad ones rape her and leave her for the flies.”
53. “I plunk the children in school nine days out of ten…They’d just as soon kick me as kiss me. Thank God, I can kick back.”
54. “Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandmother said. A child or a book or a painting or a house….Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die…”
55. “There was a silly damn bird called a phoenix back before Christ, every few years he built at pyre and burnt himself up. He must have been first cousin to Man. But every time he burnt himself up he sprang out of the ashes…it looks like we’re doing the same….”
56. “My family is real; they talk to me!”
57. “Have you ever noticed how rain tastes like wine?”
58. “It’s not books that you need; it’s some of the things that were once in books.”
DIRECTIONS: Choose the best literary term used in each of the excerpts or summaries.
59. “…while the flapping pigeon-winged books died on the porch and the lawn of the house.” a. irony b. simile c. personification d. irony
60. “The night I kicked the pill bottle in the dark like kicking a buried mine…” a. metaphor b. simile c. personification d. metaphor and personification
61. “She was beginning to shriek now, sitting there like a wax doll melting in its own heat.” a. metaphor b. simile d. personification d. neither a, b, nor c
62. “So now do you see why books are hated and feared? They show the pores in the face of life.” a. simile b. allusion c. a and b d. metaphor and personification
63. “Time fell asleep in the afternoon sunshine.” a. metaphor b. simile d. personification d. allusion Version A
64. “Below, the orange dragon coughed to life.” a. allusion b. irony c. personification d. simile
65. “One of them slid down your stomach like a black cobra down an echoing well.” a. simile b. metaphor c. allusion d. neither a, b, nor c
BONUSES: On a separate sheet of paper, answer the following:
1. Identify and explain the meaning of the three things Faber says are missing from a society without books. (+2 each)
2. Summarize and explain the way or process (according to Beatty) by which the society in Fahrenheit 451 came to the point where it banned books. (+2)