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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: The Hearth and the Salamander.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the interactive box in the Montag living room allow Mildred to do?
(a) Communicate with Montag while he’s at work
(b) Monitor the security of her home
(c) Interact with the characters on her television shows
(d) Video conference with her family and friends

2. Why is Montag so desperate to understand the books?
(a) Because he wants to stand up to the government, and this is the best way
(b) Because he thinks it will make Mildred fall back in love with him
(c) Because he wants to understand why people were willing to die for their books
(d) Because he grew up thinking he was stupid

3. How does Faber feel about the Bible?
(a) He calls it the history of Christianity
(b) He despises it as trash
(c) He fears its powerful history
(d) He believes it is God's sacred word

4. How does Montag accidentally frighten Professor Faber?
(a) By mentioning Clarisse
(b) By admitting that he’s read War and Peace
(c) By asking him about a book
(d) By asking him to turn himself in

5. What does Montag want to find to help him in his quest for knowledge?
(a) A different wife
(b) A good friend
(c) A real teacher
(d) Another book

Short Answer Questions

1. What passes overhead that makes Montag feel urgency about his mission to understand?

2. Who actually lights the fire at the attic book owner’s home?

3. What is one thing Montag thinks Mildred needs to understand to be happy in life?

4. What does Montag feel about Clarisse’s death?

5. Why is Montag so fascinated with Clarisse?

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