F451 Final Review
Who is Faber?
a retired English professor that Montag met at the park
What does Faber wear while riding the subway jets?
earplugs
Montag describes his house as...
empty
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" (96). This is an example of what kind of figurative language?
simile comparing raising children to doing laundry (both viewed as inconvenient chores)
What kind of figurative language does Captain Beatty use in the above quote?
simile: "as an idle wind"
the intellectual men by the river
the Hobos
where Montag hides the books
Bushes
What is not a theme of this book? A. History is important B. Education is important C. Having fun is important D. Interpersonal communication is important
C. Having fun is important
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
Montag's neighbor
Clarisse
the "tool" Clarisse uses to determine if Montag is happy
Dandelion
the book Montag memorizes
Ecclesiastes
Montag seeks help from this person
Faber
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!" (119). Cassius is a character in William Shakespeare's drama, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. This is called a(n)...
Allusion (reference to another text)
Montag's boss
Beatty
the item Montag steals from the old lady
Bible
How many books did Montag find in his backyard?
Four
the leader of the people by the river
Granger
After reading the book of poetry, what did Montag do with the book?
He burned it
Guy Montag, "wears his happiness like a mask." This simile means that...
He is hiding his unhappiness
What secret does Montag reveal to his wife after Captain Beatty leaves the house?
His stash of books
the mechanical creature at the fire station
Hound
flew too close to the sun
Icarus
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 firefighters and their intentions
According to Montag, what smells like perfume?
Kerosene
Who called in the first alarm for Montag's house?
Mildred's friends
Montag's wife
Millie aka Mildred
This description of books, "While the flapping pigeon-winged books died on the porch and the lawn of the house," is an example of...
Personification
the creature on the firefighters' uniforms
Phoenix
What is Montag and Faber's plan?
Plant books in the houses of firefighters
the fire truck
Salamander
As a firefighter, what does Guy Montag do?
Set fires and burn books; situational irony (the opposite of what we expect firemen to do)
What did the old lady do?
She lit a match and committed suicide (human torch)
What happened to Clarisse?
She was hit by a car
What inference can the audience make about the society they live in when Clarisse says, "I sometimes think drivers don't know what grass is, or flowers, because they never see them slowly?"
The audience can infer that most people drive very quickly
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
The purpose of the figurative language in Captain Beatty's quote is to...
To compare Montag to the character Cassius in Caesar AND to compare his threats to an "idle wind"
destroys the city
War
What can be inferred about what Mrs. Bowles says about raising children in this society?
Women view child rearing as a burden because the women are busy with their own lives