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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: The Sieve and the Sand Abstract.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose image do advertisers use to sell products?
(a) No one’s. Images in advertising are banned
(b) The Firemen’s
(c) The President’s
(d) Jesus’

2. What is one thing Montag thinks Mildred needs to understand to be happy in life?
(a) Why the television personalities are not real
(b) His relationship with Clarisse
(c) Why she tried to kill herself
(d) Why the government is suppressing knowledge

3. While out with Montag one afternoon, what does Clarisse urge him to taste?
(a) The rain
(b) Sassafras root
(c) Imported chocolate
(d) Her blood

4. As Montag reads, what does Mildred stare at longingly?
(a) Her television wall
(b) A photograph
(c) The oven
(d) The window

5. What does Montag search for as he reads through the hidden books?
(a) A reason for so many lives to be lost
(b) Religious freedom
(c) A connection to Clarisse
(d) The meaning of life

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Montag fear will happen if the dog identifies him as an enemy?

2. What does Faber think books smell like?

3. How does Mildred act toward Montag the next morning, after the accident?

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

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

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