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Get Burned by "Fahrenheit 451" Quiz

This is a quiz on "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury. Don't get burned!

A multiple-choice quiz by quizmaster87. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
quizmaster87

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
127,944

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
1662

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What does Fahrenheit 451 represent? Hint

The temperature at which a bomb explodes

The temperature of the sun

The temperature at which books burn

The temperature at which people burn

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Question 2 of 10

2. Whom did Mildred talk to in the "walls"? Hint

Herself

Montag

The family

Beatty

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Question 3 of 10

3. How does Mildred say Clarisse McClellan died? Hint

She got hit by a car

She drowned

She got caught reading a book

She was blown up

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Question 4 of 10

4. After what event does Montag get "sick"? Hint

After the woman's house gets burned down

After he finds out Clarisse is dead

After the bomb falls on the city

After the mechanical hound bites him

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Question 5 of 10

5. Montag gets chased by the mechanical hound.

True

False

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Question 6 of 10

6. Montag gets his house burned down.

True

False

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Question 7 of 10

7. The city is destroyed at the end of "Fahrenheit 451".

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. In which state were the complete works of Bertrand Russell? Hint

Maryland

California

New York

Nevada

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Question 9 of 10

9. Does Montag die in "Fahrenheit 451"?

Yes

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which country is "Fahrenheit 451" set in? Hint

Russia

USA

Great Britain

Australia

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What does Fahrenheit 451 represent?

Answer: The temperature at which books burn

In the world of "Fahrenheit 451" it was illegal to read books. If you were caught, your house, your books, and possibly you would be burned.

2. Whom did Mildred talk to in the "walls"?

Answer: The family

The "walls" were viewing screens. There was a show she could watch on the walls called "The Family". She had only three walls but she wanted Montag to buy the fourth one.

3. How does Mildred say Clarisse McClellan died?

Answer: She got hit by a car

Clarisse McClellan was a friend of Guy Montag's. They used to talk together everyday until she and her family disappeared. Montag asked Mildred about this when they were talking, and Mildred said she had been run over by a car.

4. After what event does Montag get "sick"?

Answer: After the woman's house gets burned down

After the "firemen" put kerosene all over her house, she lit a match because she wanted to die with her books. Montag had stole a book from her house and wanted to read it. This sickness is the desire to read books.

5. Montag gets chased by the mechanical hound.

Answer: True

A mechanical hound is used for finding people and destroying them. It can be programmed to chase a specific person. It chased Montag after he killed Beatty.

6. Montag gets his house burned down.

Answer: True

If you have books in your house, then your house gets burned down. His wife's friends called in the first alarm. But Mildred called in the second one.

7. The city is destroyed at the end of "Fahrenheit 451".

Answer: True

At the end of the book America goes to war. It began and ended in the same second because all the cities, including his, were destroyed by bombs.

8. In which state were the complete works of Bertrand Russell?

Answer: Maryland

People remembered whole sections of books and they stuck together, out of danger. When the rest of the world was once again ready for books, they would write down the books they remembered. It was a small town in Maryland that no bomb would ever touch.

9. Does Montag die in "Fahrenheit 451"?

Answer: No

He stays with the travelers on the road. He then has to remember part of the Bible. Since he isn't in the city anymore, he doesn't get blown up.

10. Which country is "Fahrenheit 451" set in?

Answer: USA

On his radio it said that America would defend itself.

Source: Author quizmaster87

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