Fahrenheit 451 Quiz Review
Passage 1: Carefully read and annotate “The Hearth and the Salamander” section of Fahrenheit 451 which begins “He opened the bedroom door” and ends “…and let his lips go on moving and moving.”
1. Mark interesting syntax. What is its purpose?
2. How is Mildred described in this passage? How is Montag described in this passage?
3. Identify and elaborate on use of figurative language.
Passage 2: Carefully read and annotate “The Hearth and the Salamander” section of Fahrenheit 451 which begins “Stoneman held out the telephone alarm card” and ends “An ordinary kitchen match.”
1. What does Montag think about the woman?
2. Identify and elaborate on the author’s use of figurative language in this passage.
3. Explore Beatty’s arguments about books.
4. What can you infer about books in this passage?
Passage 3: Carefully read and annotate “The Sieve and the Sand” section of Fahrenheit 451 which begins “he was on the subway,” and ends, “The bad ones rape her and leave her for the flies.”
1. Understand and be able to recognize the following literary terms:
a. Syntax
b. Juxtaposition
c. Analogy
2. What does the “sieve in the sand” analogy mean?
3. What is the purpose/effect of the “Denham’s Dentrifice” advertising?
4. How is the air train described? Consider words with connotative meanings.
5. How would you characterize Faber’s response to the knock on his door?
6. How does Faber feel about the following?
a. Religion (especially what religion has become)
b. Books
c. Intuition
d. Evil
Passage 4: Carefully read and annotate the “Sieve and the Sand” section of Fahrenheit 451 which begins “He put his hand to one side” and ends “And it’s up to you now to know with which ear you’ll listen.”
1. Label the literary devices and connotations used to describe Montag’s hands.
2. What is the significance or purpose of Montag washing his hands?
3. What is ironic (and convincing) about Beatty’s argument? In other words, what does he use to convince Montag that he is wrong about knowledge and truth?
4. What is the purpose of Beatty relating his “dream” to Montag? What does he say about knowledge and truth?
5. How does Faber react to hearing Beatty’s arguments? What does Faber tell Montag?
6. Label all of the literary devices used in the paragraph beginning “Silence.”
Passage 5: Carefully read and annotate the “Burning Bright” section of Fahrenheit 451 which begins at the opening of the section and ends “‘you’re under arrest.’”
· Be familiar with the following terms: allegory, analogy, allusion, and anecdote. See if you can identify any of these literary terms in the passage.
· Identify Beatty’s tone in this passage.
· Label literary devices and make inferences about the author’s stylistic choices in the 2nd to last paragraph (beginning “and then he came …”).
Passage 6: Review the passage from the “Burning Bright” section of Fahrenheit 451 which begins “Half an hour later, cold, and moving carefully” and ends “Blackout. Silence. Darkness”.
· Be familiar with the following terms: compound sentence, periodic sentence, simple sentence, exclamatory sentence, balanced sentence. See if you can find examples of each in this passage.
· Notice Montag’s interactions in this scene. What do they reveal?
· Describe the new character that is introduced in this passage. What does he show Montag about the police chase?