Fahrenheit 451 Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Fahrenheit 451 Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Montag that Clarisse is dead?
(a) Captain Beatty
(b) Mildred
(c) Black
(d) The attic book owner

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

3. What consumes Mildred's attention all day, the day after the ambulence arrives at their home?
(a) Gardening
(b) Playing video games
(c) Television
(d) Cooking

4. What does Clarisse do to check whether or not someone is in love?
(a) Pull daisy petals
(b) Read tarot cards
(c) Rub a dandelion on her chin
(d) Read tealeaves

5. Who do Montag and Clarisse do each morning?
(a) Discuss poetry
(b) Have coffee
(c) Make love
(d) Walk to work

6. If Montag wants to talk to Faber, what does he realize he must do?
(a) Wear a disguise
(b) Turn himself in to the police
(c) Leave his wife
(d) Take a train to Faber's house

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

8. Why does Montag believe the firedog has come to view him as an enemy?
(a) Because its computer system is defective
(b) Because it is getting old
(c) Because he really is an enemy
(d) Because someone has programmed it against him

9. What does Montag steal from the attic book owner’s home?
(a) A photograph
(b) A book
(c) A purse
(d) A necklace

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

11. What takes up three full walls in the Montag's living room?
(a) Pictures
(b) Mirrors
(c) The television
(d) An abstract painting

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

13. What is the most important thing in Mildred’s life?
(a) Her husband
(b) Her television
(c) Her religion
(d) Her education

14. At the beginning of the novel, how does Montag feel about his job?
(a) He feels ashamed to be harming innocent people
(b) He is proud to be considered a hero
(c) He believes he is doing his civic duty
(d) He is proud to have followed in his father's footsteps

15. When discussing his personal history with Montag, what does Faber call himself?
(a) A fake
(b) A rebel
(c) A prophet
(d) A coward

Short Answer Questions

1. What has changed about the ambulance drivers’ schedule in the past two years?

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

3. How does Faber react to Montag’s initial request?

4. What does Montag use to start the fire in the attic book owner’s home?

5. Which members of society are sent to asylums if caught?

(see the answer keys)

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