F451 Final Test

To Montag, Captain Beatty says, "There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats,for I am arm'd so strong in honesty that they pass me as an idle wind, which I respect not!" Cassius is a character in William Shakespeare's drama, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. This is called a(n). . .

allusion

War

destroys the city

What does Faber wear while riding the subway jets?

earplugs

Montag describes his house as

empty

Phaeton

flew too close to the sun

How many books did Montag find in his backyard?

four

Guy Montag, "wears his happiness like a mask." This simile means that...

he is hiding his unhappiness

In regards to her children, Mrs. Bowles says, "I put up with them when they come home three days a month. . . You heave them into the 'parlor' and turn the switch. It's just like washing clothes". This is an example of what kind of figurative language?

simile

Dandelion

the "tool" Clarisse uses to determine if Montag is happy

Ecclesiastes

the book Montag memorizes

Phoenix

the creature on the firemen's uniform

Salamander

the fire truck

Hobos

the intellectual men by the river

Bible

the item Montag steals from the old lady

Granger

the leader of the people by the river

Hound

the mechanical creature at the fire station

Why did Montag kill Captain Beatty?

Captain Beatty found out about the radio transmitter and threatened to find out who was on the other end

What is different about the fire truck on the way to the call?

Captain Beatty is driving

The purpose of the figurative language in Captain Beatty's quote is to

Compare Montag to Cassius

Who is Faber?

A retired English professor

Which is NOT a theme of this book?

Having fun is important

After reading the book of poetry, what did Montag do with the book?

He burned it

What secret does Montag reveal to his wife after Captain Beatty leaves the house?

His stash of books

After her sleeping pill overdose, why did technicians treat Mildred instead of emergency room doctors?

Incidents like this are so common that society invented a machine to fix people.

What does Montag think happened to the mechanical hound?

It had been programmed to act aggressively toward Montag.

What happens to the city at the end?

It is destroyed by the war

Why do Montag and Faber think their plan will work?

It will make society question firemen and their intentions

Who called in the first alarm for Montag's house?

Mildred's friends

Faber

Montag seeks help from this person

Captain Beatty

Montag's boss

Clarisse

Montag's neighbor

Sets fires and burns books

Montag's responsibilities as a fireman

Mildred

Montag's wife

What is Montag and Faber's plan?

Plant books in the houses of firemen

What did the old lady do?

She lit a match and committed suicide

What happened to Clarisse?

She was hit by a car

Why does Montag try to cover up his scent?

The mechanical hound is tracking him

What does Faber mean when he says, "There's lots of old Harvard degrees on the tracks between here and Los Angeles?"

There are many educated people who have sought refuge from the city along the train tracks

How do the men by the river preserve literature?

They memorize a book and then burn it

Bushes

Where Montag hides the books

What can be inferred about what Mrs. Bowles says?

Women view child rearing as a burden because the women are busy with their own lives.

According to Montag, what smells like perfume?

kerosene

"while the flapping pigeon-winged books died on the porch and the lawn of the house" is an example of. . . (type of figurative language)

metaphor

What kind of figurative language does Captain Beatty use in the above quote?

metaphor

What can the reader infer when Clarisse says, "I sometimes think drivers don't know what grass is, or flowers, because they never see them slowly"?

most people drive very quickly