Short Answer Study Guide Questions: Fahrenheit 451 – Flashcards
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Who is Guy Montag and what is his job?
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A 30 yr old fireman who starts fires to burn books instead of putting them out.
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Describe Clarisse McClellan
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Clarisse comes off as angelic and curious. She has a certain liveliness to herself.
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What smelled like perfume to Montag?
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kerosene
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Clarisse asked Montag if he was happy. Was he?
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Montag doesn't really know what it means to be happy, and later he admitted to himself that he wasn't.
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Who is Mildred, and what happened to her?
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Mildred is Montag's wife. She overdosed on sleeping pills.
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Why did Emergency Hospital send technicians instead of doctors to treat Mildred?
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They used machines to treat her and they aren't hard to work.
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What are parlor walls?
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Parlor walls are walls with TV's on them.
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Describe the mechanical hound.
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The mechanical hound is like a robotic dog that is programmed to do what the programmers want
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What did Montag believe had been done to the hound?
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Montag believed that the hound had been programmed to recognize certain people and it didn't like him.
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Why was Clarisse considered anti-social?
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She feels that she can't talk at school because she doesn't agree with what they do.
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Who gave Clarisse most of her information about the way life used to be?
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Her uncle.
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Who was Captain Beatty?
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Montag's boss, the chief of the firehouse.
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How did the firemen know which houses had books?
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The neighbors told the firehouse if someone had books
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What lie did Captain Beatty tell Montag?
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Firemen never used to prevent fires
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What did Montag do in the old lady's attic?
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He took one of the books
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Why were the alarms to burn always at night?
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Everyone can see the fires at night, they create a spectacle and fear factor.
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Why did the old woman light the match and commit suicide?
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To prove a point and show that life isn't worth living without knowledge. (Knowledge is Power)
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What happened to Clarisse? Was it an accident?
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She was ran over by a car, no it wasn't an accident.
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What was Montag afraid that Captain Beatty would discover when he came to visit?
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The book he stole from the attic
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Why did Captain Beatty think that books should be destroyed?
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They cause people to be unhappy and present bad ideas
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What did Montag show Mildred after the Captain left the house?
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That he had a whole collection of books in the house.
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Who was Faber?
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An old, retired man who used to teach English before books were banned
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Why did Montag go to see Faber?
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He wanted to see someone who would help him understand books
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What three elements did Faber feel were missing from life?
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Quality of information, leisure time to digest it, and the right to carry out actions based on what you read
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What plan did Montag and Faber devise?
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They decided to plant books inside different firehouses to get them burnt
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What was Montag willing to do to convince Faber to help carry out the plan?
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He was willing to tear up the Bible
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What had Faber designed that allowed him to be in constant contact with Montag?
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He designed a "drone" (an earpiece)
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Why did Faber decide to go to St. Louis?
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He wanted to get the help of a printer person.
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Why did Montag burn the book of poetry in the wall incinerator in his home?
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He made the mistake of showing Mildred and her friends the book, so he tried to play it off and destroy the book.
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Where did Montag hide the books after the ladies left?
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In a bush in the backyard
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What was the destination of the alarm on the night Montag returned to work at the firehouse?
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HIS house
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Who was the informant on Montag's home?
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Mildred and her friends
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Why did Montag kill Captain Beatty?
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He took Montag's earpiece and threatened to track down Faber
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Why didn't Montag run away before he killed Beatty?
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The hound was roaming the neighborhood
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Where did Montag go after he killed Beatty?
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First to his backyard to check for books, then to Faber's house.
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When Montag left Faber's house, which direction did he go?
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Towards the river
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Why did Montag take whiskey, a suitcase, and some of Faber's dirty clothes with him?
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To throw the hound off of his scent.
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What did the railroad tracks mean to Montag?
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They were his path to the countryside
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What was different about the fire Montag saw after leaving the river?
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It was giving warmth instead of burning
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During the manhunt for Montag by the hound, why did the camera identify an innocent man as Montag?
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They needed a neat ending
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What was different about the hobos Montag met? Why did each man identify himself as a famous author or piece of literature?
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They're intellectual and each memorized a certain piece of literature
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What had Montag been able to memorize?
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The Book of Ecclesiastes
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What happened to the city during the war?
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The city and its inhabitants were destroyed
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What did Montag and the intellectuals believe their mission to be once the war ended?
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To learn from their mistakes and to remember
