Fahrenheit 451 Quizzes

Fahrenheit 451 Quiz 1

By Erin Mackey · Edited by C. Shelby · Last reviewed October 16, 2005

1 Montag's uniform is brandished with this mythical creature:

Cyclops

phoenix

dragon

centaur
2 Montag meets Clarisse while on his way _____.

to an alarm

to Faber's house

home

to work
3 Which of these relatives does not reside with Clarisse?

aunt

uncle

mother

father
4 The novel takes place in which season?

summer

fall

spring

winter
5 How old is Montag?

35

25

40

30
6 How long has Montag been a fireman?

10 years

2 years

15 years

8 years
7 Mildred overdoses on:

cocaine

sleeping pills

prozac

alcohol
8 Which of the following does Millie NOT use as a means of escape?

television

pills

knitting

radio
9 _____ of the walls in the Montag living room are television screens.

1

4

2

3
10 The Mechanical Hound tracks down its prey by its

chemical complex

address

physical description

height and weight
11 Montag steals _____ from an alarm.

matches

a radio

a book

a printing press
12 The old woman who burns her own home quotes _____ before doing so.

Latimer

Thoreau

Jefferson

Ridley
13 Montag has stolen about _____ books throughout the course of his career.

30

10

20

40
14 Clarisse has been dead for about _____ when Millie informs Montag.

a week

a month

a day

a half hour
15 Clarisse is killed by _____.

the police

The Mechanical Hound

a car

Captain Beatty
16 After Beatty leaves his house, Montag _____ his books.

burns

throws away

reads

moves
17 While Montag reads, _____ lurks around his house

the Hound

the police

Professor Faber

Captain Beatty
18 Montag met _____ in a park a year before the story takes place.

Faber

Mildred

Beatty

Clarisse
19 Faber was once a _____.

fireman

printer

professor

clergyman
20 Faber believes that people need all BUT which of the following?

freedom

leisure

books

quality of information
21 Faber and Montag communicate by way of _____.

radio

the internet

television

telephone
22 Mrs. Bowles becomes _____ when Montag reads poetry.

sad

angry

elated

mischievous
23 Montag turns in _____ of his books to Captain Beatty.

one

half

all

a few
24 _____ is charged with burning the Montag house to the ground.

Montag

Millie

Faber

Beatty
25 Montag kills Beatty with a _____.

car

knife

flamethrower

fun

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