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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. How does Montag distance himself from Clarisse so no one grows suspicious of them?
(a) He walks rapidly so as to lose her
(b) He walks two paces behind her
(c) He crosses to the other side of the street
(d) He does not distance himself

2. How did Clarisse die?
(a) She drowned
(b) She was poisoned
(c) She was run over by a car
(d) She died in a house fire

3. What does Faber believe television has done to Jesus' image?
(a) Deadened it
(b) Preserved it as holy
(c) Made it political
(d) Turned it into a parlor act

4. Which mythological symbols are introduced in the first chapter?
(a) A salamander and a phoenix
(b) A phoenix and a sphinx
(c) A sphinx and a gargoyle
(d) A salamander and a sphinx

5. How does Mildred respond to Montag's story about the book owner's death?
(a) She is indifferent
(b) She is amused
(c) She is terrified
(d) She is devastated

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mildred react the way she does to the sound when Montag is reading in the kitchen?

2. How does the mechanical firedog react when it senses an enemy?

3. On the morning after the accident, what is Mildred anxious for Montag to do?

4. What does Montag want to find to help him in his quest for knowledge?

5. What flusters Montag when he arrived at the book burning in the attic?

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