Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

P 1-68 Quiz                                                       Name____________________

 

1. What is the significance of the title Fahrenheit 451?

(A) It is the maximum temperature of most ovens

(B) It is the temperature at which germanium melts

(C) It is the temperature at which paper ignites and burns

(D) It is the temperature at which an Easy-Bake oven self- destructs

 

2. How many times can the phoenix be reborn from its ashes?

(A) One

(B) Three

(C) Nine

(D) An unlimited number

3. Which of Clarisse’s relatives influenced her the most?

(A) Her mother

(B) Her father

(C) Her uncle

(D) Her grandfather

4. What was the occupation of Granger’s grandfather?

(A) Fireman

(B) Sculptor

(C) Racecar driver

(D) Senator

  1.  Who is this describing?

Her eyes were two miraculous bits of violet amber that might capture and hold him intact.  Her face, turned to him now, was fragile milk crystal with a soft and constant light in it.

 

  1. Who is this describing?

The bloodstream in this woman was new and it seemed to have done a new thing to her.  Her cheeks were very pink and her lips were very fresh and full of color and they looked soft and relaxed.

 

  1. Explain how Clarisse has planted a seed of doubt in Guy Montag’s head.

 

  1. Is Guy Montag happy?  How do you know?

 

  1. Does Montag have any children and why?

 

10.  What does Clarisse mean?  It derived from the latin word meaning….

 

Who said it and what does it mean?

1.       “I’ll tell you,” said_______, smiling at his cards.  That made you for a little while a drunkard.  Read a few lines and off you go over the cliff.  Bang, you’re ready to blow up the world, chop off heads, knock down women and children, destroy authority.  I know, I’ve been through it all.”

 

2.       “I always like to drive fast when I feel that way. You get it up around ninety-five and you feel wonderful.  Sometimes I drive all night and come back and you don’t know it.  It’s fun out in the country.  You hit rabbits, sometimes you hit dogs.  Go take the beetle.”

 

Identify the Literary Term:  Simile, Metaphor, or Personification.

3.       The open door looked at him with its great vacant eye. 

 

4.      He stood for a moment like a statue on a pedestal, his wife standing under him, waiting.

 

5.       She was as rational as you and I, more perhaps, and we burnt her.  That’s water under the bridge.

 

6.       He says I’m a regular onion!  I keep him busy peeling away the layers.

 

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