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

2. What aspect of Clarisse’s personality takes Montag aback?
(a) Her candidness
(b) Her cruelty
(c) Her confidence
(d) Her innocence

3. Why is Mildred grateful when the phone rings during Montag’s tirade about the truth?
(a) She thinks it's Montag’s office telling him to come in to work
(b) She hasn’t spoken to Ann in weeks
(c) She was afraid all communication in their house had been cut off
(d) It's an excuse to get away from the books

4. What conclusion does Clarisse come to when checking whether Montag is in love?
(a) He is incapable of love
(b) He was in love but had his heart broken
(c) He is not in love
(d) He does not believe in love

5. What does Beatty threaten to do with the earpiece?
(a) Use it to trace Faber
(b) Destroy it
(c) Hold it for evidence
(d) Use it to plant false information

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are ambulance drivers called to Montag’s home?

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

3. What did a cousin once bet Montag a dime he couldn’t do?

4. As Montag reads, what does Mildred stare at longingly?

5. According to Faber, what is inevitable?

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