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Quiz 1 Fahrenheit 451

1. What do the numerals "451" represent? ____________________________________________

2. The following quote helps develop what theme?“There are too many of us, he thought. There are billions of us and that’s too many. Nobody knows anyone. Strangers come and violate you. Strangers come and cut your heart out. Strangers come and take your blood. Good God, who were those men? I never saw them before in my life!”

1. reliance on technology2. conformity3. alienation and loneliness4. censorship5. change and transformation

3. Who says the following?“Kerosene is nothing but perfume to me.”

1. Guy Montag2. Captain Beatty3.  Mildred4.  Clarisse McClellan

4. The following quote helps develop what theme?“He made more soft sounds. He stumbled toward the bed and shoved the book clumsily under the cold pillow. He fell into bed and his wife cried out startled. He lay far across the room from her, on a winter island separated by an empty sea.”

1. alienation and loneliness2.  conformity3.  reliance on technology4.  change and transformation5.  censorship

5. Who says the following?"There was no dictum, no declaration, no censorship, to start with, no! Technology, mass exploitation, and minority pressure carried the trick, thank God. Today, thanks to them, you can stay happy all the time."

1. Mildred

2. Guy Montag

3. Clarisse McClellan

4. Captain Beatty

7. Compare Clarisse and Mildred. How are they the same? How are they different? Why do you think the author introduced Clarisse first? How does Montag feel about each woman?___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8. How did the government of this society gain control over the people? How does the reader find out about this history? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

9. After working on Mildred, the machine operator tells Montag that "we get these cases nine or ten a night." What does this reveal about the emotional stability of the populace? What other forms of violence are rampant? Why do you think this society has become so violent?

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