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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. Why does a specific sound frighten Montag as he is reading in the kitchen?
(a) Because Clarisse is dead
(b) Because he thinks the Captain has returned
(c) Because he thinks he is going to be caught reading
(d) Because there are no birds in his society

2. According to Faber, what is missing from most people’s lives, causing unhappiness?
(a) Quality
(b) Education
(c) Fulfilling jobs
(d) Love

3. What aspect of Clarisse’s personality does Montag find most attractive?
(a) Her desire to learn a trade
(b) Her dark sense of humor
(c) Her questioning banter
(d) Her childish infatuation

4. How does Mildred react to the ambulance drivers’ arrival?
(a) She is angry
(b) She is hysterical
(c) She is sad
(d) She never wakes

5. What has Mildred been pressuring her husband to do?
(a) Take her to the beach
(b) Add television to the fourth wall in the living room
(c) Quit his job
(d) Go to a fertility specialist

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Montag so desperate to understand the books?

2. For what do Montag and Faber devise a plan during their first meeting?

3. What did Faber invent for secret communication?

4. What aspect of Mildred’s personality does Montag most resent?

5. What do Mildred and Ann spend their time talking about?

(see the answer key)

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