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English/Language Arts 2 (10Th Grade)
Fahrenheit 451
The House
Fahrenheit 451 Part 2 Study Guide – Flashcards 73 terms
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Fahrenheit 451 Part 2 Study Guide – Flashcards
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What did Mildred and Montag do after Captain Beatty left?
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They read the books
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What comes to Mildred and Montag's door shortly after Beatty leaves?
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The mechanical hound
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Why does Mildred get upset with Montag when he keeps talking about Clarisse and what made her unique?
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Because Mildred refuses to talk about someone who is dead
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Why does Mildred she wishes she could watch her parlor family instead of read?
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The tv shows are filled with color and it makes her laugh
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What is Mildred scared about with Beatty?
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She is scared that he will find out about all the books and he will burn the house and her "family"
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What does Montag feel books can do?
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He thinks they will be able to stop people from making the same mistakes
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Why does Montag want a teacher?
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Because he doesn't understand what he is reading
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Who did Montag meet in a park around a year ago?
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Faber
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What did Faber do?
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He was a English professor
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What college did Faber work for?
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The Liberal Arts College
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Why was the college shut down?
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For lack of students and patronage
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When did the college shut down?
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40 years ago
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What did Faber try to hide while he tried to runaway from Montag when they met?
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A book of poems
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What did Faber give Montag after he met?
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His phone number and address
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Why did Faber give his phone number and address to Montag?
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For Montag's "Future Investigations" folder
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When Montag called Faber for the first time what did he ask him?
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How many copies of the Bible, Shakespeare, or Plato are left in the country
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What does Faber think Montag is trying to do when he calls him and how does he react?
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He thinks Montag is trying to trap/frame him and he hangs up the phone
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What book did Montag take from the old lady who was burned alive?
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The bible
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What does Montag realize about the book he took from the oldlady who was burned to death?
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That this might be the last copy of the Bible in their country
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T/F: Montag considers turning in the Bible to Beatty
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False
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What books does Montag think about turning into Beatty?
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Mr. Jefferson and Mr.Thoreau
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What is Montag scared of Beatty finding out about the book he turns into him?
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That he knows what book he took
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What does Montag decide to do with the bible?
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He decides to make a copy of it before that night
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What does Mildred tell Montag why her friends are coming over?
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To watch the "White Clown"
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Which friends of Mildred come over?
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Mrs.Phelps and Mrs. Bowles
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How does Montag get to Faber's?
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The subway
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What childhood memory does the sieve and the sand relate to Montag
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When he was a kid his mean cousin said if he filled the sieve with sand he would get a dime
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What does Montag try to do while he is going to Faber's?
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He tries to memorize the Bible
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What distracts Montag while he is going to Faber's?
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A jingle for "Denham's Detrifrice" toothpaste
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What happens when the jingle distracts Montag?
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He gets so mad that he waves the bible out to the other passengers on the subway
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What does Montag show Faber that makes Faber's fear of Montag slowly fade?
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He sees that he has a book with him
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T/F: Faber is a religious man
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False
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Why has Montag come to Faber?
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He wants hhim to teach him to understand books
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What does Faber tell Montag that he doesnt understand the real reason for something?
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Faber tells Montag that he doesnt understand the real reason for his unhappiness and is only guessing that is has something to do with books since they are the obly things he knows for sure are gone.
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What does Faber say about books and their meanings that can relate to other things?
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He says that the same meaning can be in media, television, and radio but the people choose not to
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What does Faber say that explains why books are hated?
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Faber says the reason why books are heated and feared is because they show the pores in the face of life
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What 3 things does Faber say are missing from people that are in books
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1) Quality (texture). He says the Ible has "pores" and feautres and deatalied knowledge of life 2)Leisure. He says books let the reader stop what their reading and think about what they just read unlike tv 3) The right to carry out actions based on what we learn from the interation of the first 2
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What does Faber agree with Mildred with?
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That television is more real than books but he dislikes it because it is too controlling
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What does Montag give Faber before he leaves?
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He gives him the bible to go photo copy
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What does Faber give Montage before he leaves?
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These seashell radio headphones that let you communicate through each earpiece that he invented
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What is Montag's and Faber's major plan?
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Planting books in the homes of firemen to discredit the frofession and see the firehouses burn.
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What does Faber disagree with Montag's major plan?
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That it will not get to the heart of the problem
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What does Faber say they need to do to fufill their major plan?
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They need to be patient, since the coming war will eventually mean the death of the tv families
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What does Montag do to finally get Faber's help?
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He starts ripping the pages out of the bible before Faber begs him to stop
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What does Faber say he will help Montag with for the bible?
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He says he knows an old friend who has a printing press to copy the bible
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What does Faber give Montag when he requests for help with Beatty that night?
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His radio/communicating/hearing seashells that he invented
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What book does Montag decide to give to Beatty?
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It doesn't say but it is a substitue book
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How late are the banks open to?
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24/7
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What are the bank tellers?
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Robots
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What book does Faber read over the earpiece to Montag?
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"The Book of Jobs"
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What does Montag try to do when he gets home?
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He tries to get Mildred and her two friends in a deep conversation
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How long do the ladies think the war will last?
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48 hours
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T/F: The ladies are not worried about the war
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True
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Whose husbands go off to war?
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Mrs.Phelps and Mrs. Bowles
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What man has none of the 3 ladies ever known?
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Somebody who died in war
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How many atomic wars has their been since 1990?
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2
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What makes Montag mad when he is talking to Mildred and her friends?
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When they discuss politics and they describe how they boted in the last presidential election based on physical appearance
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What does Montag bring out that shocks all the 3 women?
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A book of poetry
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What lie does Mildred come up with when Montag brings the book out?
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That every year a fireman is allowed to take on book home to show his family and prove what nonsense books are
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What commad does Faber make Montag do?
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Go along with Mildred's lie
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What poem does Montag read to the 3 ladies?
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"Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold
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What happens when Montag is done reading his poem?
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Mrs.Phelps is in tears and Mrs. Bowles is furious with Montag and swears to never come back to this house
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What does Montag do after reading the poem?
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He drops the book in the incinerator
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What does Montag do that makes the 2 ladies leave?
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Montag blows up on Mrs.Bowles and tells her to go home and think about her empty life
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What has Mildred been doing to Montag's books?
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She's been burning the books one by one
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What does Montag do with the rest of the books he has?
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He hides them in the backyard
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What does Montag feel guilty about?
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Upsettig Mildred's friends
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What happens when Montag goes to the firestation and gives the book to Beatty?
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He throws the book in the trashcan and lights it?
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What does Beatty do to Montag?
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He attavks him with litery quotations to confuse him and convince him that books are better burned then read
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T/F: The Mechanical Hound is gone
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True
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What thing does Beatty do that is different when the alarm goes off?
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He drives the truck
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What house do they arrive at that has caused the alarm?
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Montag's
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What are the themes of this book?
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Rebellion, Growth, Happiness, Dystopian, Comformity, Distortion, Censorship, anit - intellectualism, violence, shallow culture, and proliferation of advertising
English/Language Arts 2 (10Th Grade)
Fahrenheit 451
The House
Fahrenheit 451 Study Guide Part 3 Burning Bright – Flashcards 52 terms
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Beatty sent the Mechanical Hound to Montag's house as a hint that he was watching him.
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What hint does Captain Beatty say he sent to Montag that he must not have picked up on?
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Suitcase
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What does Mildred have in her hand when she walks out of the house?
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He suspects that she called the fire department.
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What does Montag suspect Mildred of doing?
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He says that fire erases all worries and responsibilities.
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What does Beatty say is the real beauty of fire?
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Flame throwers
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Instead of using kerosene, Captain Beatty wants Montag to use what to burn down his house?
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He thinks Mildred must have found them in the garden and put them back in the house.
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How does Montag figure the books got back into the house?
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He tells him that he is under arrest.
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What does Beatty say to Montag as he is finishing burning the house?
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Mildred's friends
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Who called in the alarm?
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HIt him in the head
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What did Beatty do to Montag?
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When Beatty hit Montag, it flew out of his ear and landed on the ground. Beatty picked it up and listened to it and he could hear Faber speaking to Montag.
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What happened to the "green bullet" radio that Faber gave to Montag?
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He said he would use it to track down Faber.
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What does Beatty say he will do with the radio?
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lit him up
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What did Montag do to Beatty?
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They are stunned
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What was the reaction of the other two firemen?
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Hit him with a flame thrower
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Explain Montag's dealing with the Hound.
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Knee gets hit by a car
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What happens to Montag as he leaving the Hound?
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With the poison in his leg and the injury caused by the car, his leg is very painful. He can't walk properly on it.
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Why was Montag having a hard time getting away?
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He finds some books that Mildred must not have noticed.
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What does Montag find in his old garden?
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Montag becomes convinced that Beatty wanted to di
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Montag thinks to himself that Captain Beatty probably wanted to do what?
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HIs leg still hurts
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Why is Montag having a difficult time getting up?
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Montag puts the regular seashell in his ear and hears the police report about himself.
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What does Montag hear in the Seashell?
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Montag realizes that he is unconsciously running towards Faber's house.
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To where does Montag realize he is running?
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The lanes were wide
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Why was Montag having such a difficult time getting across the street?
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He hides from the teenagers in the car.
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After Montag makes it across the street, from whom does he hide?
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Plants a book and calls alarm
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What does Montag do to the Black family?
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A lot of "Harvard degrees."
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What does Faber say there are a lot of along the railroad tracks?
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Faber says he is going to take the bus to St Louis to visit a retired printer that he knows there.
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Where does Faber say he is going? Why is he going there?
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Another Mechanical Hound.
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What has been brought from a different district to track down Montag?
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The Hound tracks people by scent,
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Why does Montag tell Faber to burn the bed spread and the chair?
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Because he doesn't have another one.
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Why doesn't Faber give Montag another "green bullet"?
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Montag watches the hound chasing him.
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What does Montag watch on the parlor walls?
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They ask everyone to stand up and look out their windows to try to spot Montag.
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What do the police suggest everyone do at the same time?
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He changed into Faber's old clothes and threw his own clothes into the river to try to disguise his scent and hide himself from the hound.
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What did Montag do when he got to the river?
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Sun
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Because the __________ wouldn't stop burning, Montag would.
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He is reminded of an idyllic trip to the countryside when he was a boy.
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What does Montag think of when he smells the hay?
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He thought it was the Hound.
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What did Montag think was looking at him?
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Montag is still paranoid and terrified of being caught by the Hound,
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What was it that was looking at him?
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He wanders through the woods and finally hits the railroad.
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What did Montag hit with his foot?
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He is convinced Clarisse has been there, although he has no evidence for it.
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What was the single fact that Montag could not prove?
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A fire through the trees
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What does Montag see?
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When he sits down, they offer him some coffee in a collapsible tin cup.
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What do the men offer Montag?
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His name is Granger.
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What is the name of the man that is talking to Montag?
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It is a chemical that will quickly change his scent so that the hound can't track him.
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What is the colorless fluid in the small bottle supposed to do?
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To make more viewers happy
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Why is the chase still going on if they have lost Montag?
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He watches the chase being filmed from a police helicopter.
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What does Montag see in the portable viewer?
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When the police finally caught someone, they made sure that the cameras did not focus on the person's face so that people would not know that it was not Montag.
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How was it possible that not even Montag's friends would recognize that the man they caught wasn't him?
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He is keeping it in his head.
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Where is Montag keeping the Book of Ecclesiastes?
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Granger says that all the people in the woods are just receptacles for the knowledge in the books.
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What does Granger think their job is?
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He feels sad. It is interesting that Montag still has some feelings for Mildred.
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How does Montag feel about Mildred still being in the city?
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Bombers fly over the city and drop at least one enormous nuclear bomb on the city, destroying it completely.
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What does Montag see happening in the city?
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Bible
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What other book does Montag realize he has remembered?
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To carry out history
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What does Granger compare man to?
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Mirror
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What kind of factory does Granger say they are going to build?
Books
English/Language Arts 2 (10Th Grade)
Fahrenheit 451
Knowledge Is Power
Questions
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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
Books
Fahrenheit 451
Society
The House
The Hearth and the Salamander – Flashcards 40 terms
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The Hearth and the Salamander – Flashcards
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At the beginning of the story, how does Montag feel about his job? Give specific examples to support your response.
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He enjoyed it. It says in the book "It was a pleasure to burn"
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What is your first impression of Clarisse?
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She is weird, curious; there is something different about her.
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What memory does Montag encounter?
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(At the end of page 5) when he was a child and his mother found a candle
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What is Montag's reaction to Clarisse's question: "Have you ever read any of the books you burn?"
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He laughs and says, "That's against the law!"
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What do Clarisse and Montag argue about? What does Clarisse tell Montag that firemen used to do?
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They argue about happiness. She tells him that firemen use to put fires out instead of starting them.
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Explain the significance of Clarisse's speech about "blurs." What are the billboards 200 feet long?
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People don't always see things the way that they are. Cars started rushing by so quickly they had to stretch the advertising out so it would last. "I sometimes think drivers don't know what grass is, or flowers, because they never see them slowly," she said. "If you showed a driver a green blur, Oh yes! he'd say, that's grass! A pink blur? That's a rose-garden! White blurs are houses. Brown blurs are cows. My uncle drove slowly on a highway once. He drove forty miles an hour and they jailed him for two days. Isn't that funny, and sad, too?"
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Why was Clarisse's uncle arrested? What does this indicate about the society in which they live?
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He drove to slow and he was being a pedestrian. That everyone has to follow the law exactly how it is written.
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What question finally offends Montag?
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"Are you happy?"
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What does his encounter with Clarisse remind him of?
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It reminds him of a time ago when he met an old man and they talked
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What do you think the author meant when he said, "How rarely did other people's faces take of you and throw back to you your own expression, your own innermost trembling thought"? What does this question reveal about Montag's state of mind?
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How often do other people remind you of yourself? That he was lonely, empty
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How does the author describe Montag's home?
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It says at first that the house is not empty, but then it says it was indeed empty
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Why do you think Montag did not want to open the curtains or windows?
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He was embarrassed and didn't want others to see what was inside
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What does Montag find under his bed?
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The empty pill bottle
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Describe the machines. What do they do to Mildred? How do the men treat their "patient"? Why is it so "routine" to them?
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The machines were described as black snakes. One machine sucked out bad things, the other put in new blood. They don't seem to really care, because doing this is a regular thing to them.
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What does Montag hear after the men leave? What is his reaction?
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He hears laughter from Clarisse's house, and he wanted to go up on their porch and see what they were saying.
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Mildred's earpieces have been described as "electronic bees," "mosquito hums," and "hidden wasps." What are these earpieces? Why does she always have one in her ear? Why do you think Bradbury compares these devices to insects?
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These earpieces are called seashells. She always has seashells in her ears because she is so obsessed with technology. He describes them as insects because.........................................
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How does Mildred react when Montag tells her what happen the night before?
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She was confused, thought they had a crazy party. Kept saying why would I do that
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What is Mildred's "script" about? What part does she play? Why does she want to buy a fourth wall?
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The people on the TV show will pause for a response and she will answer. She wants to buy the fourth wall because the 'play' will be more fun, their room wouldn't be theirs, it would be like all kinds of exotic peoples rooms
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Why does Clarisse insist that Montag is not like the others?
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Because he is one of the few that put up with her
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Describe the Mechanical Hound. What is its purpose? How does Montag feel about the Hound?
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Look at page 21 and 22 for description of Hound. The firemen let loose chickens, rats etc. and watch the hound attack them. Montag is afraid of the hound.
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Why is Clarisse considered "anti-social"? How do the kids in this society entertain themselves? What is your reaction to this?
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Because she doesn't mix she doesn't think the same way as everyone else. Look at pages 27 and 28 for kids entertain themselves. My reaction is that is awful
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What do people talk about in this society? How is this different from our society? Why do you think Clarisse has such a problem with everything being "abstract"?
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They name a lot of cars or clothes or swimming pools and say how swell, they say all the same things. We talk about more interesting things, not everyone is saying the same thing. Because she wants everyone to be thinking like her, and its just boring with everyone talking about the same thing.
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What does Montag continually hear overhead?
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He hears the bombs and the planes at war
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Why do you think the woman stays in her house while it is burning?
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She wanted to show them that she would stand up for how wrong it was to burn book until death, she was making a statement that books are important
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What does Montag take from the burning house? Why? What does he do with it afterward?
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Montag takes a book from the house, because he read a line in it and it blazed in his mind. He puts it in his pillowcase afterward.
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What does Montag ask Millie about in their past? What do you think he asks her this important question? "When did we meet?" And where?
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I think he asks this because it proves that they don't really know each other or want to be in this relationship, or love each other.
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What does Montag realize about his relationship with his wife?
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He's not in love with her and she is not in love with him
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How does Mildred feel towards the characters in the parlor? Why is this disturbing to Montag?
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She consistently calls them apart of the family or a relative. This disturbs Montag because he doesn't know any of them or understands the point of watching them.
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What does Mildred tell Montag about Clarisse?
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How does she deliver this news? That her whole family moved, but she is dead. She was talking to him then said oh I forgot.
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30. Describe Montag and Mildred's relationship.
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They don't care/love each other, Mildred doesn't even care that Montag's sick, she just wants him to go to work, doesn't want to do anything for him.
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What does Montag learn about Beatty from his visit?
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That he had been through it too about being sick.
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What does Beatty tell Montag about how books disappeared? What is your reaction to his explanation?
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...
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From Beatty's speech, what does Bradbury reveal about his own fears about society? What ideas/concepts are true in our modern society?
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He reveals that some people know too much and that knowledge is not always good. People are always tying to make others happy and the same.
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How do you feel about Bradbury's predictions of school? Are there any truths to this assessment?
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I feel that he predicts school to be evil in the way that others shouldn't be left out because they don't know as much. Also, yes because some people are smarter.
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According to Beatty, who is to blame for the banishment and burning of books?
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The people/citizens read pages 51 and 52
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What are the people in this society allowed to read? What is the purpose of reading in this society?
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Magazines, comics, sex magazines, old confessions or trade journals
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According to Beatty, what is the firemen's primary job? What is the ultimate goal in this society?
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They were custodians of their peace of mind and the ultimate goal is to make everyone happy.
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What do the firemen do if one of their own "accidentally" steals a book?
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"We let the fireman keep the book twenty-four hours. If he hasn't burned it by then, we simply come burn it for him."
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Why are there no longer front porches in this society?
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They got rid of them because it was the wrong type of social life and people rocked and talked.
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What does Montag show Millie? What is her immediate reaction?
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20 or some books and she was shrieking and afraid, scared, terrified, paled, and her heart started racing.
Course(s) In English
English/Language Arts 2 (10Th Grade)
Fahrenheit 451
Quotes from Fahrenheit 451 (part 2 and 3) – Flashcards 52 terms
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Quotes from Fahrenheit 451 (part 2 and 3) – Flashcards
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"We cannot tell the precise moment when a friendship is formed..." (page 71)
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Montage quotes a book in his head
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"She was the first person in many years I've really liked. She was the first person I can remember who looked straight at me as if I counted" (page 72)
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Montag describing Clarisse
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"Books arn't people. You read and I look around, but there isn't anybody!" (page73)
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Millie to Montage while reading
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"I don't talk things, sir. I talk the the meaning of things. I sit here and know I'm alive" (page 75)
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Faber
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"Who's more important? Me or the bible?" (page 76)
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Millie
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"Delicately, like the petals of a flower. Light the first page,light the second page. Each becomes black butterfly. Beautiful eh?" (page 76)
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Beatty
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"My wife's dying. a friend of mine has died. Someone who may have been a friend was burnt less then 24 hours ago. You're the only one I knew might help me" (page 81)
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Montag
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"Lord how they've changed it in our parlors these days. Christ is one of the family now." (page 81)
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Faber
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Faber compares Christ to what?
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a regular peppermint stick
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"Nobody listens anymore. I can't talk to the walls because there yelling at me... I just want someone to hear what I have to say" (page 82)
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Montag
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" We have everything we need to be happy, but we aren't happy. Somethings missing." (page 82)
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Montag
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"The magic is only in what books say" (page 83)
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Faber
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Information in books could also be where according to Faber?
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parlor families, records, radios, television
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"Books were only one type of receptacle where we stored a lot of things we might forget" (page 83) What other places were they stored?
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Faber -old phonograph records -old motion pictures -old friends -in nature
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"To me it means texture.The book has pores. It has features. The book can go under the microscope"(page 83)
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Faber
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What 3 thing does Faber sat is missing from society?
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1.) quality of information 2.) time for deep thinking 3.) do something w/ the info gained from the first two
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"So now do you see why books are hated and feared?They show pores in the face of life." (page 83)
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Faber
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"The televisor is real. It is immediate, it has dimension.It tells you what to think and blasts it in. It must be right. It seems so right." (page 84)
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Faber
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"That's the good part of dying; when you've nothing to lose, you run any risk you want" (page 84)
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Montag
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"To see the firehouses burn across the land, destroyed as hotbeds of treason. The salamander devours his tail" (page86)
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Faber
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Faber compares the families to ....
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rats
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"Those who don't build must burn" (page 88)
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Faber
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What does the small green object faber has do and look like?
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.22 bullet walkie talkie
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How did faber get money for electronics?
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Stock market
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What does Faber compare himself too when sitting in the house when Montag goes out?
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Queen bee, safe in the hive
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What was the bank like?
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had robot tellers, open all night
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When Millies friends rush in,what does Montage think of?
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Mt. Vesuvius erupting
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What are Millie's friends names?
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Mrs. Phelps and Mrs.Bowels
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Mrs. Phelps husband...
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Pete
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"No use going through all that agony for a baby. The world must reproduce, you know, the race must go on." (page 96)
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Mrs. Bowels
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"Children are ruinous"
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Mrs. Phelps
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The women like President Noble because
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he's good looking
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Who started crying after Montag read the poem?
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Mrs. Phelphs (Clara)
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"Silly words silly words silly words. Why do people want to hurt people? Not enough hurt in the world." (page100)
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Mrs. Bowles
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"If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you and you'll never learn" (page 104)
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Faber
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"The crisis is past and all is well, the sheep returns to the fold. We're all sheep who have strayed at times."
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Beatty
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"Words are like leaves and where they most abound, much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.
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Beatty
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"Read a few lines and off you go over the cliff. Bang, you're ready to blowup the world,chopoff heads...."
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Beatty
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Why was the last call that Montage got special?
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Beatty was driving and they went to his house
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"You werent fooled by that idots routine were you? Flowers, Butterfiles... Its all in her file! Ill be damned. Ive hit a bulls eye. Look at the sick look on your face"
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Beatty
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"Other die, I go on...By the time consequences catch up with you its too late"
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Beatty
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"What is fire? A mystery... Scienctists don't really know. Its a real beauty thatdesroys consequences and responsibities"
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Beatty
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What does Montag burn his house with?
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Flame thrower
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"Fire was best for everything!"
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Montag
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The books in the flame were compared to what?
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danced like roasted birds
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How does Montag describe the parlors?
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great idiot monsters lay asleep with there white thoughts and snowy dreams
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"Give a man a few lines of a verse and he's the Lord of creation"
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Beatty
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Beatty's dead body is compared to what?
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a charred wax doll
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"Don't face a problem, burn it."
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Beatty
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The road Montag was trying to cross was compared to...
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boatless river; danger to cross a bowling alley
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How fast was the beetle going that almost hit Montag?
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130mph
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"It was only the other night everything was fine and the next thing I know I'm drowning. How many times can a man go down and still be alive?"
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Montag
Course(s) In English
English/Language Arts 2 (10Th Grade)
Fahrenheit 451
The House
Fahrenheit 451: Part 3: Burning Bright – Flashcards 63 terms
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Fahrenheit 451: Part 3: Burning Bright – Flashcards
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What hint does Beatty say he sent to Montag?
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The Hound
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What does Mildred have in her hand when she leaves the house?
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A suitcase
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What does Montag suspect Mildred of doing?
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Putting in the alarm
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What does Beatty say is the real beauty of fire?
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Gets rid of responsibility and consequences
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Instead of using kerosene, Beatty wants Montag to use what to burn down his house?
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Flamethrower
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How does Montag figure the books got back in the house?
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Mildred brought them in
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What does Beatty say to Montag as he is finishing burning the house?
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Told Montag he was under arrest
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Who called in the alarm?
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Mildred
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What did Beatty do to Montag?
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Hit him on the head
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What happened to the "green bullet" radio that Faber gave to Montag?
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It fell out and Beatty took it
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What does Beatty say he will do with the radio?
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Track the person talking
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What did Montag do to Beatty?
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Killed him with the flamethrower
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What was the reaction of the other two firemen?
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They were stunned
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Explain Montag's dealing with the Hound
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The Hound injected a little of something into Montag's leg but then Montag killed it with the flamethrower
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What does Montag find in his old garden?
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4 books
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Montag thinks to himself that Beatty probably wanted to do what?
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Die
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Why is Montag having a difficult time getting up?
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His leg is in pain
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What does Montag hear in the Seashell?
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There is a fugitive on the run
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To where does Montag realize he is running?
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Faber's house
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Why was Montag having such a difficult time crossing the street?
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He didn't want to get hit but he didn't want to be seen running
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After Montag makes it across the street, from whom does he hide?
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The teenagers in the car
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What does Montag do to the Black family?
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Plants a book in their house and calls in an alarm
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What does Faber say there are a lot of along the railroad tracks?
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Hobo camps
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Where does Faber say he is going? Why is he going there?
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The hobo camps to meet a retired printer
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What has been brought from a different district to track down Montag?
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A Hound
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Why does Montag tell Faber to burn the bedspread and the chair?
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Montag's scent is on them
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Why doesn't Faber give Montag another "green bullet"?
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He doesn't have anymore
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What does Montag watch on the parlor walls?
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The Hound stopping at Faber's house, and then running away
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What do the police suggest everyone do at the same time?
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Look outside their windows looking for Montag
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What did Montag do when he got to the river?
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Took his clothes off, covered himself in liquor, and put Faber's old clothes on
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What does Montag think of when he smells the hay?
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Farm he visited in his childhood
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What did Montag think was looking at him
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the Hound
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What was looking at him?
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A deer
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What did Montag hit with his foot?
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Railroad track
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What was the single fact that Montag couldn't prove?
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That Clarisse had walked on the tracks
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What does Montag see?
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A warm fire
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What do the men offer Montag?
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Coffee
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What is the name of the man Montag is talking to?
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Granger
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What is the colorless fluid in the small bottle supposed to do?
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Change his scent
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Why is the chase still going on if they have lost Montag?
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They don't want the people to know that they failed
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What does Montag see in the portable viewer?
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The Hound attacks somebody else
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How was it possible that not even Montag's friends would recognize that the man they caught wasn't him?
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The face was out of focus
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Where is Montag keeping the Book of Ecclesiastes?
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His memory
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What does Granger think is their job?
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Wait for the war to end so they can spread their knowledge
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How does Montag feel about Mildred being in the city?
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He doesn't care about her
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What does Montag see is happening in the city?
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Jets headed to the city and bombs
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What other book does Montag realize he has remembered?
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Bible
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What does Granger compare man to?
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Phoenix
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What kind of factory does Granger say they are going to build?
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Mirror factory
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Why was Montag having a hard time getting away?
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With the poison in his leg and the injury caused by the car, his leg is very painful. He can't walk properly on it.
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Why was Montag having such a difficult time getting across the street?
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The lanes were wide
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Where does Faber say he is going? Why is he going there?
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Faber says he is going to take the bus to St Louis to visit a retired printer that he knows there.
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What was the single fact that Montag could not prove?
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He is convinced Clarisse has been there, although he has no evidence for it.
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What does Montag see?
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A fire through the trees
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What do the men offer Montag?
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When he sits down, they offer him some coffee in a collapsible tin cup.
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What is the name of the man that is talking to Montag?
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His name is Granger.
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What is the colorless fluid in the small bottle supposed to do?
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It is a chemical that will quickly change his scent so that the hound can't track him.
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Why is the chase still going on if they have lost Montag?
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To make more viewers happy
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What does Montag see in the portable viewer?
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He watches the chase being filmed from a police helicopter.
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What does Granger think their job is?
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Granger says that all the people in the woods are just receptacles for the knowledge in the books.
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How does Montag feel about Mildred still being in the city?
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He feels sad. It is interesting that Montag still has some feelings for Mildred.
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What does Montag see happening in the city?
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Bombers fly over the city and drop at least one enormous nuclear bomb on the city, destroying it completely.
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What kind of factory does Granger say they are going to build?
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Mirror
Course(s) In English
Ears
Fahrenheit 451
Figurative Language
Hand
Python
Fahrenheit 451 Part 3 Figurative Language – Flashcards 49 terms
49 terms
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Fahrenheit 451 Part 3 Figurative Language – Flashcards
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I've hit the bull's-eye
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idiom
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a beetle-taxi
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metaphor
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her mouth gone, without lipstick
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hyperbole
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gobbledegook
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idiom
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Their covers were torn off and spilled out like swan feathers
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simile
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The books leapt and danced like roasted birds
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simile
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one huge bright yellow flowers of burning
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metaphor
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great islands of perspiration drenching his armpits
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metaphor
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The last rolling thunder of the avalanche stoned down about his ears
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metaphor
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hiss like a great mouthful of spittle banging a red-hot stove
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simile
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a bubbling and frothing as if salt had been poured over a monstrous black snail
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simile
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twisted in on himself like a charred wax doll
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simile
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a bloom of fire
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metaphor
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a single wondrous blossom that curled in petals
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metaphor
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The other was like a chunk of burnt pine log
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simile
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a shower of silver needles gushed up the length of the calf
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metaphor
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The pains were spikes driven in the kneecap
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metaphor
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then only darning needles
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metaphor
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then only common ordinary safety pins
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metaphor
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the prickling was like someone blowing a spray of scalding water on that leg
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simile
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he felt that Faber was really dead, baked like a roach
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simile
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It seemed like a boatless river
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simile
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a gas station, a great chunk of porcelain
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metaphor
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a great whirling whisper
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personification
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it seemed someone had blown the gray head off a dry dandelion flower
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analogy
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Two dozen helicopters flurried, wavering indecisive, three miles off like butterflies puzzled by autumn
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analogy
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His lungs were like burning brooms in his chest
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simile
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He kept moving them from hand to hand as if they were a poker hand he could not figure
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simile
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the helicopters falling falling like the first flakes of snow
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simile
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the helicopters fluttered like torn pieces of paper in the sky
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simile
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I can't breathe
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hyperbole
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It's a wonder it didn't show on me, like fat
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simile
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hole up
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idiom
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The sweat of his hand hung from the doorknob, invisible but as numerous as the jewels of a small chandelier
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simile
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He was a luminous cloud, a ghost that made breathing once more impossible
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metaphor
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came the helicopters like a grotesque flower
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simile
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The circus must go on
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idiom
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kept his eye peeled
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idiom
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The Hound, like autumn, come cold and dry and swift
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simile
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his breath, like a doubled fist, in his chest
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simile
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The helicopters were closer, a great blowing of insects to a single light source
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analogy
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the million odors on a wind
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hyperbole
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Another year ticked by in a single hour
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hyperbole
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you look like hell
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idiom
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he did a million things in his life
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hyperbole
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to hell with that
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idiom
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Now, a full three seconds, all of the time in history
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hyperbole
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we'll build the biggest ******* steamshovel in history and dig the biggest grave of all time and shove war in and cover it up
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analogy
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The day was brightening all about them as if a pink lamp had been given more wick
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analogy
Books
Face
Fahrenheit 451
Figurative Language in Fahrenheit 451 Part 1 – Flashcards 18 terms
18 terms
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Figurative Language in Fahrenheit 451 Part 1 – Flashcards
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Her face was like a snow covered island upon which rain might fall but it felt no rain.
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Simile
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With the brass nozzle in his fists with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world.
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Metaphor
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"A great flight of jet planes whistled a single note across the black morning sky."
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Personification
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"Denham's Dandy Dental Detergent, Denham's Dentifrice Dentifrice Dentifrice"
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Alliteration
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Firefighters burn books instead of put fires out.
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Irony
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"That's not social to me at all. It's a lot of tunnels and a lot of water poured down the spout and out the bottom, and them telling us it's wine when it's not."
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Analogy
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None of those books agree with each other. You've been locked up here for years with a regular damned Tower of Babel.
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Allusion
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"Classics cut to fit fifteen-minute radio shows, then cut again to fill a two-minute book column, winding up at last as a ten- or twelve-line dictionary resume. I exaggerate, of course."
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Hyperbole
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Denham's Dentifrice, Denham's Dandy Dental Detergent, Denham's Dentifrice Dentifrice Dentifrice, one two, one two three, one two, one two three.
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Cadence/ Rhythm
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Analogy
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A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them.
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Personification
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A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
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Simile
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Comparing two things using like or as
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Metaphor
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A comparison of two unlike things without using the word like or as.
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Cadence
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rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words
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Hyperbole
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A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor
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Allusion
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A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art
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Alliteration
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Repetition of initial consonant sounds
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Assonance
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Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity
Course(s) In English
English/Language Arts 2 (10Th Grade)
English/Language Arts 3 (11Th Grade)
Fahrenheit 451
Father And Son
Literature
Night And Day
Rain And Snow
The House
Combo with "English Final: Nature, by Ralph Waldo Emerson" and 5 others 163 terms
163 terms
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Combo with "English Final: Nature, by Ralph Waldo Emerson" and 5 others
question
This essay conveys all of the following except that the author
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thinks that reading is a way to escape the world for a while
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\"To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society.\" What is the best paraphrase of this passage?
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to find peace, we cannot retreat to our homes
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Emerson makes this point in the first paragraph to show that
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people often take the beauty of nature for granted
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In this sentence from the passage, reverence most likely means
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respect or awe
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When Emerson refers to the stars as \"envoys of beauty\", he is using which literary device?
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metaphor
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When Emerson says the stars \"light the universe with their admonishing smiles,\" he is using which literary device?
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personification
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This essay is an example of persuasive argument because it
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takes a stance on a particular issue
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Which major theme in American literature is found in this passage?
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the need to connect more fully to one's world
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This passage reflects the time in which it was written in that it
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uses the words whilst and woodcutter
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Both the \"The Wild Swans at Coole\" and \"Nature\" draw upon nature to
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express a theme
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What is this an example of?: \"Susan cannot stand peanut butter! Whenever she sees or smells it, she is sickened!\"
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Aversion
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What is this an example of?: \"The girl scout pleaded and begged me to buy the samoa cookies like her life depended on it!\"
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Importune
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According to Emerson's essay, \"Nature,\" what are some ways that the woods can change a man? (There are FOUR answers)
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-The ability to find truth in solitude and nature. -The ability to enjoy perfect exhilaration. -Man can cast off years. -He could return to reason and faith.
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According to Emerson, \"nature always wears the colors of the spirit.\" What does this mean?
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However you feel is how you look at nature.
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What does Emerson mean when he says, \"envy is ignorance?\"
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When you focus on what others have, you lose knowledge of yourself.
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According to Emerson, who is not afraid to be inconsistent?
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Great men, like Socrates, Pythagoras, and Galileo.
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What does Emerson mean when he says the fields and woods \"nod\" to him?
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Nature is acknowledging the relationship between man and nature by communication.
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What is one theme or main idea in Emerson's essay, \"Self-Reliance,\" that illustrates an element of transcendentalism?
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Self-Reliance, look inward for truth.
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Why does Emerson think people try to be consistent?
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Society deems it appropriate; \"you are only as good as you word.\"
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What does Emerson mean when he says, \"I become a transparent eyeball,\" in his essay, \"Nature?\"
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He becomes part of nature, loses egotism, and becomes simply a lover of beauty.
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What is an aphorism?
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A statement that explains a general principle or truth about life that is usually one sentence long.
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What is this an example of?\" \"To be great is to be misunderstood.\"
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An aphorism.
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According to Emerson, what is the \"greatest delight\" in nature?
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The occult (mysterious) relationship between man and nature.
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What does Emerson mean when he says, \"imitation is suicide?\"
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Trying to be like others kills your own spirit.
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What is this an example of?: \"Mr. Smith tends to think and act differently than the people around him.\"
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Nonconformist.
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According to Emerson, who believes consistency is important?
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Society.
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Authors--Give important biographical information for the following authors: Washington Irving
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Wrote \"Devil & Tom Walker\" wrote \"sleepy hollow\" 1st american fiction writer to achieve international fame people criticized irving so harshly from \"The Devil & Tom Walker\" that he stopped writing fiction after. he gave up after rejection had a pen name/pseudonym \"dietrich knickerbocker\" writes about strange characters took folk stories from europe ( primarily in germany ) and put wrote it for america
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Authors--Give important biographical information for the following authors: Edgar Allan Poe
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wrote with Unity of Effect tormented, depressing life alcoholic, abused drugs wrote poetry before short stories wrote the raven wrote the fall of the house of usher father of modern mystery married his cousin
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Authors--Give important biographical information for the following authors: Nathaniel Hawthorne
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very secretive about his life, hidden but we don't really know about it. he writes a lot of depressing stuff, married his whole life, died of a sudden illness, his great great grandfather was a man that didn't apologize at the salem witch trials, he's very affected and bothered by this. writes most of his works in the puritan time in salem. writes in black and white wrote \"scarlet letter\"
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Define Romanticism: Major Ideas
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An escape from reality, usually escapes to nature. focuses on individualism, emotion, nature, the supernatural used to learn about the psychology of people no logic or science
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Define Romanticism- Dark Romantics vs. Transcendentalists
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Dark Romantics used gothic stories and settings, less optimistic and depressing, focused on sin and evil, what secrets or veils do we wear. transcendentalists had an optimistic vision. glass is half full.
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\"The Devil and Tom Walker\" - major plot events
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tom takes a shortcut, goes in swamp, meets Old Scratch, Scratch tells Tom about Kidd, Scratch offers a deal to Tom, Tom goes home and explains to wife, wife wants money, tom is hesitant, wife goes to swamp, tom wonders where wife is, goes to swamp, finds out wife is dead, fine with it, Scratch and Tom make a deal, Tom becomes rich from robbing people as a usurer, becomes religious by carrying a bible and going to church, one day bible is under mortgages, Scratch arrives, Tom is taken by Scratch to Hell.
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\"The Devil and Tom Walker\" - theme/moral
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Greed leads us down the wrong path, down to hell.
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\"The Devil and Tom Walker\" - allegory
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Old Scratch personifies evil and temptation. Tom Walker represents hypocrisy
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\"The Devil and Tom Walker\" - symbols
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the bible being buried under the mortgages the indian fort symbolizes hell the swamp symbolizes an ill chosen shortcut the trees symbolize the greedy people, appealed on the outside, rotten on the inside, and easy to fall.
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\"The Devil and Tom Walker\" - Romantic characteristics
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the devil is a supernatural being the city is where he becomes religiously corrupted goes to hell as an escape from reality.
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\"The Devil and Tom Walker\" - regionalism
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taking the german folk story to america.
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\"The Fall of the House of Usher\" - major plot events
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narrator goes to ushers' house: an old mansion encircled by a small tarn. narrator crosses the tarn via bridge Usher receives the visitor, him and his sister are near death narrator provides company to roderick while he paints and plays the guitar madeline is buried in a large vault by roderick stormy night, narrator comes to usher's bedroom, reads him stories stories are \"The Mad Trist\" and \"Ethelred\" hears similar noises in the house like the noises in the stories madeline is alive roderick and madeline fall dead house collapses in two narrator barely escapes
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\"The Fall of the House of Usher\" - imagery surrounding Roderick
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dual nature in humanity, two sides to everything.
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\"The Fall of the House of Usher\" - imagery surrounding Madeline
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dual nature in humanity, two sides to everything.
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\"The Fall of the House of Usher\" - imagery surrounding house
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eye-like windows, mansion like a castle shut off from society..in nature, needs to cross a bridge, barely gets out alive.
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\"The Fall of the House of Usher\" - elements of Gothic fiction
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pessimistic dark and colorless depressing death
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\"The Fall of the House of Usher\" - point of view
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first person nameless describes what he sees
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\"The Fall of the House of Usher\" - thematic focus
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terminal illness madness incest
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\"The Fall of the House of Usher\" - symbolism
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the tarn reflecting the mansion madeline as the twin of roderick, reflecting his image and personality the desire of the Ushers to isolate themselves from the outside world bridge over the tarn is Usher's only link to the outside world the name Usher, stands for doorkeeper, opens the door to a frightening world for the narrator the storm, the turbulent emotions experienced by the characters the collapsing mansion, the fall of the Usher family
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\"The Minister's Black Veil\" - major plot events
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Sermon
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\"The Minister's Black Veil\" - symbolism
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\"The Minister's Black Veil\" - allegory
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\"The Minister's Black Veil\" - imagery
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\"The Minister's Black Veil\" - conflicts
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\"The Minister's Black Veil\" - theme
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\"The Minister's Black Veil\" - reflections of Puritanism
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\"The Minister's Black Veil\" - reflections of Romanticism
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black veil focuses on the human psyche.
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what do all stories focus on?
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sins of the main characters D+TW=Greed TFOTHOU=Incest THMB=Murder
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according to emerson, what is genius?
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to believe that what is true for you is true for all
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what is the lesson emerson would have people learn from great works of art?
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they follow their own instincts and want people to trust their instincts too
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according to emerson, how should a person approach his or her work?
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with confidence, determination, and willingness to do best
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how does emerson describe society? what approach to society does emerson say a person must strive for?
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a conspiracy against individuality; nonconformity
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what does emerson say is his main concern? according to emerson, who is a great man?
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what he alone must do; one who maintains independence of solitude especially when in a crowd
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in emerson's view, what are the benefits of genius?
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leads to your independence and self-satisfaction
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with what does emerson credit Moses, Plato, and Milton?
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they ignored books and traditions, and they expressed their own opinions and thoughts
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what does every man discover at a certain point in his education?
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envy is ignorance, imitation is suicide, and that he must take himself for better and for worse
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according to emerson, when is a person content?
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when he has put his heart into his work and done his best
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what does society demand from its members?
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conformity
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what does emerson say is the only thing sacred?
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the integrity of your own mind
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According to \"Self-Relaince\" people who want to find the good in the universe should rely on their
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own investigations
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What does Emerson mean by the following aphorism from \"Self-Reliance\"? \"Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
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Follow your own beliefs
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According to Nature, when people go into the woods, they
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feel like children
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Emerson shows his transcendental belief that humans, nature, and God are connected when he says in Nature that
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God speaks through people about nature
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Both essays stress the importance of
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believing in yourself
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WHat does Emerson say is the only wrong in \"Self-Reliance\"?
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going against your nature
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According to \"Self-Reliance,\" the indication of a great person is a person who
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follows his or her own mind in a crowd
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What tenet of transcendentalism does the following quotation from Nature best demonstrate? \"The waving of the boughs in the storm is new to me and old\"
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People can discover the truth on their own.
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What oes Emerson mean by the following aphorism in Nature? \"Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.\"
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Humans interpret nature through their experiences
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Both of the essays demonstrate Emerson's
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belief in the self
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Imagery
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Painting a picture in the mind of the reader to illustrate a point
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Stereotype
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Character so familiar that they are easily recognized
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Setting
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Time and place of action of story
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Assonance
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Repetition of the same vowel sound in a stanza of poetry
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Alliteration
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Repetition of the same consonant sound in a stanza of poetry, the repetition of initial consonant sounds
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Romanticism
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A period of literature characterized by the imagination, irrational characters, the inner world and an empasis on nature
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Tone
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Attitude an author takes toward a subject
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Mood
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The feeling the author creates in the reader
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Foreshadowing
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Giving hints about what will happen later in a story
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Onomatopoeia
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is a word that imitates the sound it represents. (example: boom! wow! buzz!)
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Internal rhyme
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A line of poetry that rhymes in the middle and end of the line
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Refrain
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Line or stanza of poetry that is repeated after every other stanza
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Symbolism
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Person, place, object or idea that has a larger meaning than its literal meaning
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Theme
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A lesson the reader can take from a story
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Parable
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Story which teaches a moral or a lesson
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First person
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Told from the narrator's point of view, using \"I\"
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Detective Story
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Poe was credited with inventing this type of literature
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John Allan
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The man Poe lived with after his mother died
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West Point
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Poe was kicked out of this prestigious military school
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What was Poe's greatest fear
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Being buried alive
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What is the \"dark side of our inner experience\"
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Potential for human evil
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Poe claimed this bothered him most about his life
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Lack of parental affection
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Poe believed the short story should be
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Able to be read in one sitting and have a single emotional effect
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Poe gave the the short story its
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Form
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The \"Haunted Palace\" is a comparison of a haunted building to
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Roderick's tortured mind
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Point of view
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Vantage point from which a story is told
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The quality of Romaticism most clearly illustrated in \"The Fall of the House of Usher\"
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Irrational elements of the mind
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The mood and atmoshere of the opening paragraph is sustained throughout \"The Fall of the House of Usher\" is a mood of pervasive
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Horror
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\"The Fall of the House of Usher\" emphasizes from the start a major parallel involving
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A building and a family
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In the \"The Fall of the House of Usher\", \"a barely perceptible fissure\" in the building suggests
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Foreshadowing
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The narrator's action in the final paragraph in the story (Usher) suggests that he
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Has almost lost his reason.
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What is the main focus of the story (Usher)
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The narrator's thoughts and feelings
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The primary role, or purpose of the bird in \"The Raven\" is to
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confirm the speaker's fears
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The final stanza of \"The Raven\" ends on a note of complete
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Despair
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The visitor in \"The Raven\" is addressed as
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A soul in morning, a prophet and a wanderer from the underworld
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How might the drug nepenthe, have helped the narrator in \"The Raven\"
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It might have caused him to forget.
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Two similarities between Poe's \"The Tell-Tale Heart\" and \"The Black Cat\"
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Both people love what they kill until the point they kill them and both get caught.
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What is represented by the \"heartbeat\" the narrator claimed he heard at the end of \"The Tell-Tale Heart\"
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A guilty conscience
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The speaker in \"The Raven\" can be best described as a
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Melancholy person trying to forget a tragedy
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\"Take thy beak from out my heart\" has what meaning in \"The Raven\"
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Quit causing me so much emotional pain
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What does the speaker in \"The Raven\" mean when he asks,\"Is there...balm in Gilead?\"
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Is there any relief for my pain?
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Examples of the supernatural in \"The Raven\"
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The raven is referred to as devil, demon, prophet and from Pluto
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's lifespan
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1804-1861
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Why did Hawthorne add a w to his name
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His grandfather Judge Hathorne was involved in the witch trials and he wanted to distance himself from that
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At what age was Hawthorne when his father died
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4 years old
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What took place during Hawthorne's \"twelve dark years\"
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He did some of his best writing while being out of society
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After Hawthorne's \"12 dark years\" he warned others of the dangers of
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Isolation
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What were the two main subjects of Hawthorne's writing
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Mysteries of the human heart and the question of human evil
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Explain the meaning of evil
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Intended harm to another or blatant disregard for the welfare of others
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In what way is Parson Hooper \"dead\" to others
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Isolated from society and his veil hid his identity
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How can the heart be compared to a prison
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Other's can't get in and you can't get out. Outsiders don't really know what goes on inside and feelings can be a punishment
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What positive effect does Parson Hooper's veil have during his long life
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He is able to convert more sinners
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Parson Hooper believes
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All people are sinners, everyone Wears a black veil and only God can remove his veil
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The author implies that in wearing the black veil the minister
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Performs a symbolic deed
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What is symbolized by the water spilling from the vase in \"Dr. Heidegger's Experiment\"
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Wasted youth
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At the end of \"Dr. Heidegger's Experiment\" the four guest appear to be
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As foolish and shortsighted as they always had been
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In \"Rappacdini's Daughter\" Giovanni cannot pursue a relationship with Beatrice because
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She is strangely connected to the poisonous flowers
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Symbols found in \"Young Goodman Brown\"
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Faith=YGB wife/religious beliefs, Pink ribbons=innocence, Staff/serpent+devil, blazing pines/forest scene=hell
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Author of The Scarlet Letter
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
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The first three paragraphs of \"The Devil and Tom Walker\" provide
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The setting, the time and characterization of the two main characters.
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Tom Walker is described as
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Miserly, argumentative, dishonest and sly
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Termagant means
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Ill-tempered
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The devil first enters the story at the moment Tom Walker
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Discovers a human skull
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Toms first reaction upon seeing the devil is
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Surprise
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Tom knows the devil as
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Old Scratch
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Tom Walker refuses the devil's first offer because
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He wants more time to think about it
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After his wife's disappearance, Tom's reaction is
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Anxiety
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The dominant tone of Irving's description of Mrs. Walker's disappearance is
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Matter of Fact
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Tom Walker grows wealthy in Boston because
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Money is scarce and business is bad
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Tom Walker's business in Boston as a moneylender is
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Ethically deplorable
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Tom Walker shrewdly becomes a
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Religious bigot
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Tom Walker begins to think of the devil with
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Considerable anxiety
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The devil comes for Tom Walker at the moment
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A thunderstorm is in the offing, Tom forgets his Bible and has a stroke
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Tom Walker's heirs are left
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No richer than they were
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The author of \"The Devil and Tom Walker\" draws on
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Legends,old wives' tales and widely believed accounts
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Obstacles faces by settlers on their way to the New World
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Weather, boats, sickness and food
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Obstacles faced by settlers once they arrived in the New World
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Indians, weather, wildlife, food and shelter
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What types of literature were written in the New World
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Diaries, journals and poetry
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What kind of minister was Jonathan Edwards, author of \"Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God\"
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Puritan
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Tom Walker's reaction to discovering the devil had quite a struggle with his wife was one of
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sympathy
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Although Tom Walker becomes a churgoer, it never occurs to Tom Walker to attempt to
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change his own character
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In \"The Fall of the House of Usher\" Madeline and Roderick represent two parts of one being, mental and physical. Which is which?
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Madeline-physical, Roderick-mental
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What is the effect of using the word \"soundless\" to describe the day the narrator arrived in \"The Fall of the House of Usher\"
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It describes how no life is present, death is near
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What is seraphim
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The highest rank of angel
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What does the devil ultimately demand of Tom Walker in exchange for upholding his end of the bargain.
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Soul
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What double meaning is there at the end of the story \"The Birthmark\" when Georgianna's husband looks at her and says, \"It's gone! It's gone!\"
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The birthmark is gone, but Georgianna is also \"gone\" or dead
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In \"The hollow of the Three Hills\" the chief characteristic of the meeting place in the hollow is
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Decaying vegetation and foul water
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The young woman in \"The Hollow of the Three Hills\" has
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Brought dishoner to her parents, abandoned her sick child and betrayed her husband
Drama
Fahrenheit 451
United States
Ray Bradbury Biographical Facts 15 terms
15 terms
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Ray Bradbury Biographical Facts
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When did Ray Bradbury become a full time writer?
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Ray Bradbury became a full time writer in 1943.
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What was the name of the series Ray Bradbury came out with at first? When was it published?
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He first came out with loads of short stories titled, 'Dark Carnival' in 1947.
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Has Ray ever won any awards? If so, name a couple.
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He has won many awards, a couple being: the O. Henry Memorial Award, the Benjamin Franklin Award, the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America, and the PEN Center USA West Lifetime Achievement Award.
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When did Bradbury's success start to rise?
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Ray became more noticed and popular when he came out with, 'The Martian Chronicles.'
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Where and how many of Bradbury's stories adapted to?
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65 of his stories were adapted to TV in the Ray Bradbury theater.
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Who did Ray imitate when it came to writing until he was 18 years old?
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The first year Ray started writing horror stories, he tried to mimic Edgar Allan Poe until he was about 18.
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What story and by whom did Ray write his own sequel to?
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He was a huge fan of Edgar Rice Burroughs and his story, 'The Warlord of Mars' so much that Ray ended up writing a sequel of his own to it.
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What helped Ray Bradbury publish his own science-fiction fan magazines?
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He became a member of Los Angeles' Science Fiction League, which helped him publish his own science magazines.
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Why didn't Bradbury go to college?
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Ray didn't get a college education because not only was it expensive, but he said that going to a public library was more educational.
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What was he going to do before he started actually publishing books and all?
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Bradbury was rejected by the military because of his bad eyesight in 1938, after graduating high-school.
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Who was one of Ray's earliest influences?
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One of Ray Bradbury's influences of Edgar Allan Poe.
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What did Ray do when he joined Laraine Day's Wilshire Players Guild in 1939?
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Ray joined Laraine Day's Wilshire Players Guild in 1939, where he wrote and acted in plays for 2 years.
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What was the title of the first story he sold? And when?
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Bradbury sold his first story, 'The Lake' when he was 22 years old.
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Besides fiction, what else has he written?
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Ray writes, not only about fiction, but short essays of the arts and culture also.
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What did filmmaker Steven Spielberg say about Ray after he passed away?
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After Ray's death, filmmaker Steven Spielberg said that 'Ray was his muse for the better part of his sci-fi career.'
Books
Course(s) In English
English/Language Arts 2 (10Th Grade)
Fahrenheit 451
Put Out Fires
Fahrenheit 451 part one – Flashcards 18 terms
18 terms
Preview
Fahrenheit 451 part one – Flashcards
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Burn books
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What do firemen do for a living
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He loves his job, burning books brings him happiness
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What does montag think in the begining of the book about his job
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Clarisse
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Who does Montag meet on his way home from work
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What he has done will stay with him
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What does Montag mean by "you can never wash it off completely"
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One can predict that Clarisse will affect the story more than Mildred.
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Why does Bradbury introduce Mildred after Clarisse
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Overdosed on pills. Common of their society for people to do that, unspecified if it is suicide or accident
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What has Mildred done when Montag gets home
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Montag- dull dead house that sucks the life out of it Clarisse- full of energy light and hope
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How is Montag's house different than Clarisse's
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She denies that it happened
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How does Mildred react when she wakes up from her previous nights experience
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She cleans all day
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What does Mildred do all of the next day
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Mildred- dull, brainwashed, middle aged, oblivious, stereotypical, greedy, "fake", dead weight to Montag Clarisse- "Ray himself", free spirit, rebellious, hopeful, observant, seventeen, slender, beautiful, violet eyes, full of life, questions society, makes Montag question everything
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How do Clarisse and Mildred Differ
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The hound tracks its prey by being programmed to track any living thing by its chemical, they found people who violated the law
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What is the mechanical hound and what is its purpose
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He growls which is weird because he is usually calm
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What is the hounds reaction to Montag
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They're society considers anti-social to be someone who doesn't blatantly follow society and doesn't ask questions, and that is clearly not Clarisse
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Why does society consider Clarisse "anti-social"
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A book
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At the next fire what does Montag take
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He reveals he is educated and has read thousands of books, he says he can quote popular literature on command, he went through the same thing Montag is going through
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On page forty, Beatty reveals a truth about himself and his knowledge, what is it
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The people on her tv shows
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Who is Mildred's "family"
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Mildred says that Clarisse is "gone" and she says it's been taken care of. Which is curious. She also mentions that she got hit by a car and that her family moved away after that, but she is very unclear with her words.
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What happens to Clarisse and how does it happen
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1. The world cares more about sports than arts because the arts promote individually 2. People are afraid of what is different because people that are different can take over society and renew it to what it was 3. Censorship is not an issue to every day "social" people, but it is something that'll ways has and will be.
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In Beatty's speech to Montag, what three truths does he reveal
Course(s) In English
English/Language Arts 2 (10Th Grade)
Fahrenheit 451
Put Out Fires
Fahrenheit 451 review – Flashcards 25 terms
25 terms
Preview
Fahrenheit 451 review – Flashcards
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What do the "firemen" do for a living? Why is this ironic?
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They burn houses which is ironic because originally a fireman's mission was to put out fires.
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why are the books compared to birds?
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The books are compared to birds because as the books are burning, they take "flight" to that of birds/pigeons that are nuisances.
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what does Montag think of his job?
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Montag thinks his job is entertaining and he enjoys what he does, so in all he loves his job.
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Who does Montag meet on his way home?
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He meets Clarisse McClellan, a 17 year old girl, who knows awfully a lot more than what is expected of their society.
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During his conversations, Montag says that " You never wash it off completely" referring to the kerosene. What could this mean symbolically?
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This could mean that once you burn something important like books, you can't exactly shake off the feelings after you've done it as it is the guilt of burning books and the houses that contain them.
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Why do you think that Bradbury would introduce Clarisse before Montag's wife, Mildred?
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It is probably because Clarisse will be of more importance in the story and to show the differences in personalities of the two of them.
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Why does Mildred need help when Montag gets home?
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Mildred needs help because she overdosed on sleeping pills and was completely passed out.
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Describe the help that she recieves.
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Two men hook up tubes that pump her stomach and extracts the pills as well as pumps new blood.
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Is there anything unusual about the way the two men go about helping Mildred? How is it unusual?
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They are very impersonal about the ordeal. The men say this happens often and that the two aren't necessarily doctors but just operators.
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How is life in Montag's house very different from that of Clarisse's house?
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In Montag's house, Mildred and Guy hardly ever talk or communicate in any way. Mildred is always in the "parlor" and Guy is often at work. At Clarisse's house, she and her family often talk and discuss things.
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How does Mildred react after she wakes up from her previous night's experience?
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Mildred doesn't remember what had happened and feels as if she is having a hangover.
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What does Mildred do all day?
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Mildred watches TV or listens to her music from her earpieces (seashells).
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Describe the setup of Montag's TV room?
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There are four walls with a TV except for one that is just a plain wall.
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How is Clarisse different than Mildred?
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Clarisse is different from Mildred because she has thoughts about the world for what it really is unlike Mildred who doesn't really care.
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What is the mechanical hound and what is its purpose?
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The mechanical hound is an eight-legged spider/dog and its purpose is to track down and find people who find books that is trained like an assassin.
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What is the hound's reaction to Montag?
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The hound doesn't like Montag and acts coldly toward Montag.
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Why does society consider Clarisse "anti-social"?
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Society considers Clarisse "anti-social" because she thinks differently and doesn't speak of the "normal" things in their society.
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At the next fire, what does Montag take?
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Montag takes the books and hides them.
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On page 40, Beatty reveals something very important about himself and his knowledge. What is it?
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Beatty knows information that is contained in books, indicating he has probably read books before.
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What technology does Mildred use to go to sleep?
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Mildred uses earpieces/seashells.
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Who is Mildred's "family?"
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Her "family" are the people at the parlor.
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What has happened to Clarisse? How did it happen?
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She was hit by a car and killed.
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What is unusual about the way Mildred told Montag about Clarisse?
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Mildred didn't show much remorse over the death of Clarisse and it was as if she was content with the death.
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Read pages 55-62 very carefully. They contain great truths about our world. List three things Beatty talks about in his speech to Montag that are true about our world.
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a. He said that knowledge is slowly being lost because school is shortened and discipline is relaxed because people are worrying less. b. He said that the bigger the population, the more minorities which he says that most people don't want to offend other from different races and etc. c. He also said that if someone doesn't like a particular book, that they burn it which means if someone doesn't like it, they just get rid of it.
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What is Fahrenheit 451?
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Fahrenheit symbolizes that at 451 degrees is when paper burns.
Course(s) In English
Earth And Space Science
English/Language Arts 2 (10Th Grade)
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 Teacher Study Guide – Flashcards 34 terms
34 terms
Preview
Fahrenheit 451 Teacher Study Guide – Flashcards
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What do firemen do in the world of Fahrenheit 451?
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burn books
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What is written on Montag's helmet?
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451
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Describe Clarisse's appearance
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thin, milk white face, dark eyes
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How old is Clarisse?
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16, one month away from turning 17
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What are the two professional symbols that Montag wears?
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Salamander (arm) and phoenix disc (chest)
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What is etched on Montag's igniter?
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Salamander
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What does Montag say he always smells like?
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Kerosine
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How do people feel about firemen?
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They are afraid of them bc firemen usually put fires out, not start them
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What does Montag compare Clarisse to? What does this symbolize?
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She reminds him of light, illumination, rediscovery. Clarisse, like a candle, symbolizes comfort for Montag.
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What is against the law?
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reading books
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How do people drive?
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Very fast
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What does fast driving tell you about the society?
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It's a fast-paced society
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Why was Clarisse's uncle arrested?
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For driving too slowing on the highway and was jailed for 2 days
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What does Clarisse ask Montag?
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If he's happy.
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What does Montag compare Clarisse's face to?
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The dial of a small clock at night (white and glowing)
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What are characteristics of the society?
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Face-paced society, people are busy, people only care about themselves
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Describe the mood as Montag enters the house?
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dark and lonely
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What words does Montag use to describe his house?
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"a cold marbled room of a mausoleum" and dark and tomb-like
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Who is Montag's wife and how old is she?
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Mildred, age 30
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What realization does Montag have about his life?
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He's not happy.
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What does Montag's wife have in her ear?
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Seashells
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What do seashells do?
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They act like a radio.
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What does Montag mean when he says, "the room was indeed empty?"
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His wife was physically there but not mentally there.
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What does Montag accidentally kick?
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A bottle of sleeping pills
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What did Mildred try to do?
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She tried to commit suicide by overdosing on sleeping pills
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What do the two machines used on Mildred do?
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Pumped her stomach and gave her fresh blood
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Are these routine procedures?
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Yes according to the medical technicians.
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What does this tell us about the society?
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That overdosing on something was common.
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How does Mildred react to Montag's confrontation about the sleeping pills?
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She doesn't remember it and is in denial.
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Describe the televisions?
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They were large, wall-sized tvs
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What types of tv shows were there?
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interactive dramas
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What does Clarisse like to do in her free time?
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Hike in the forest, watch birds, and collect butterflies
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How are Clarisse and Mildred different?
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Clarisse seems older and more mature...Mildred is childish. Clarisse thinks about things and Mildred is only interested in TV.
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Why does Montag like Clarisse?
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She's peculiar (strange) and interesting and she makes him think about things.
