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Characters for 100
This character feels an internal conflict about his
profession
Characters for 100
Guy Montag
Characters for 200
This character is knowledgeable about books
even though he prevents others from reading them
Characters for 200
Captain Beatty
Characters for 300
This person has no hope of resolving the conflict within
herself; she is shallow and is addicted to Seashell ear
thimbles
Characters for 300
Mildred
Characters for 400
This character provides a support system for Montag; he “talks the meaning of things”
Characters for 400
Faber
Characters for 500
This character is “alive, but not alive”
Characters for 500
The Mechanical Hound
Characters for 600
This character’s actions make Montag rethink his profession
and cause him to become physically ill
Characters for 600
The Old Woman who burned her home
True or False for 100
Clarisse and her family like to stay up late and play hide and
seek.
T/F for 100
False
They stay up and talk
True or False for 200
Faber is a retired English professor.
T/F for 200
True
He lost his job when the university experienced a lack of students and patronage.
True or False for 300
Captain Beatty does not know Montag is hiding books until
the beginning of Part III.
T/F for 300
False
He knows even when he visits Montag at his home.
True or False for 400
Montag’s bedroom can be described as cold and
uninviting.
T/F for 400
True
It is described like a “mausoleum.”
True or False for 500
Montag begins to read books because he is bored.
T/F for 500
False
He reads books because he wants to know what
knowledge they contain.
T/F for 600
Faber says the three things lacking in modern society are:
quality information, leisure, and the opportunity to run for
public office.
T/F for 600
False
Quality, leisure, and the opportunity to act on what one
has learned
Quotes for 100
“At least once in his career, every fireman gets the itch. So, we usually let the fireman keep
it for 24 hours.”
Quotes for 100
The itch is symbolic of a desire to read books. Beatty
suspects that Montag is hiding books.
Quotes for 200
“Didn’t firemen prevent fires rather than stoke them up
and get them going?”
Quotes for 200
Clarisse asks Montag this ironic question.
Quotes for 300
“A book is a loaded gun in the house next door.”
Quotes for 300
Beatty says this to Montag as he explains the “history” of
the firemen. He believes books are dangerous and
harmful.
Quotes for 400“Sure, she will be okay. We got out all the mean stuff right here, it can’t hurt her now. As I said, you take out the old and put in the new. Well, now someone else just jumped off the cap of a pillbox. Call us if you need us again. Keep her quiet.”
Quotes for 400
The men who pump out Mildred—shows their indifferent attitudes
Quotes for 500
“Picture it, in the 19th Century man had horses, dogs, carts, and slow motion.
Then, in the 20th Century , speed up your camera. Books were cut shorter.
Everything gets boiled down to shorter versions. Impatience. Banning books
didn’t come from the government.”
Quotes for 500
Beatty—He explains that the people themselves were
responsible for the banning of books
Quotes for 600
“Colored people don’t like the book called Little Black Sambo. Burn it. White people
don’t like the book called Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Burn it. Someone has written a
book on tobacco and cancer of the lungs, and the cigarette people are weeping?
Burn the book. Funerals also make people unhappy. So, eliminate them too.”
What is the meaning of this quote?
Quotes for 600
Beatty--People stopped reading books because the
content was controversial and made them unhappy.
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This character is “seventeen and insane.”
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Clarisse
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This character says children are “ruinous.”
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Mrs. Phelps
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This character welcomes Montag into his group after
Montag escapes the city.
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Granger
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This character is reportedly killed by a speeding car.
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Clarisse
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This character recalls going to the beach and attempting to
fill a sieve with sand.
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Montag
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This “character” represents humanity’s ability to be
reborn.
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The Phoenix
Literary Terms for 100
“Remember the newspaper dying like huge moths.”
This is an example of which term?
Literary Terms for 100
Simile
Lit. Terms for 200
“Monday burn Millay, Wednesday Whitman, Friday Faulkner…”
This is an example of which term?
Alliteration
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Literary Terms for 300
“His eyes were beginning to feel hunger.”
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Personification
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“The dead beast, the living beast”
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Oxymoron
Literary Terms for 500
“Her face, turned to him now, was fragile milk crystal with a soft and constant light in it.”
Literary Terms for 500
Metaphor
Literary Terms for 600
The Phoenix
Literary Terms for 600
Allusion