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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Burning Bright Abstract.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT something Montag struggles to understand?
(a) Whether Mildred is capable of love
(b) Why the elderly woman killed herself
(c) Why no one discusses life’s realities
(d) How and why Clarisse died

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

3. How does Montag’s leg get scratched?
(a) He crashes into the bumper of a fire truck
(b) He trips on broken sidewalk
(c) He runs through blackberry bushes
(d) He clashes with the fire hound

4. How does Mildred’s guest react to the poem?
(a) By slapping Montag
(b) By demanding that Montag be quiet
(c) By bursting into tears
(d) By fainting

5. What does Faber yell in Montag's ear as he sets the fire?
(a) That he is a coward
(b) To kill Beatty
(c) That he’s on his way
(d) To run away

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Montag and Clarisse do each morning?

2. In Montag’s society, what is assumed about all the citizens?

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

4. Who is least affected by the book owner's death?

5. What is Guy Montag's main responsibly as a fireman?

(see the answer key)

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