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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Montag explain his disillusionment with society?
(a) He says that the impending war has caused him to question government
(b) He said the elderly woman made his appreciate life for the first time
(c) He says it feels as if something is missing
(d) He says the words of great philosophers before him have infiltrated his mind

2. What does Faber ask Montag to do on his way home from their first meeting?
(a) Write out a plan for reproducing books
(b) Spy on the firehouse
(c) Withdraw money from his bank account
(d) Get some rest for the fight ahead

3. How does Beatty treat the stolen book Montag returns?
(a) He forces Montag to burn it then and there
(b) He shreds it with his bare hands
(c) He tosses it unceremoniously in the trash
(d) He reads it aloud to the firehouse, mocking the words

4. How does Captain Beatty fit into Montag and Faber’s secret plan?
(a) They want him to be their leader
(b) They want to recruit him
(c) They want to kill him
(d) They want to learn more about him

5. What interrupts Montag’s confrontation with Beatty?
(a) The fire hound barking
(b) The sounds of sirens wailing
(c) The building exploding
(d) The fire alarm sounding

6. According to Faber, what is inevitable?
(a) The end of books
(b) Death from the coming war
(c) A mindless society
(d) Change

7. According to Faber, what don’t people need to be happy?
(a) Religion
(b) Books
(c) Love
(d) Government

8. For what does Faber feel partially responsible?
(a) The elderly woman’s death
(b) Clarisse’s death
(c) Montag's discontent
(d) How far the book burning has gone

9. What does Montag do to finally convince Faber to help him in his quest?
(a) He threatens Faber
(b) He tears pages out of the book
(c) He threatens to kill himself
(d) He brings out a can of kerosene

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

11. What does Montag hear a persistent advertisement for while riding the train?
(a) Mildred’s favorite soap opera
(b) Glueless Gummies
(c) Morlock's Menties
(d) Denham's Dentifrice

12. Whose house is scheduled to be burned at the end of Part Two?
(a) Faber's
(b) Beatty’s
(c) Montag’s
(d) Clarissa’s

13. What game does Montag play with his fellow firemen before the confrontation?
(a) Pool
(b) Cards
(c) Hopscotch
(d) Checkers

14. What did Faber invent for secret communication?
(a) An electronic reader
(b) A recording devise
(c) A listening ear bud
(d) A code tapping system

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mildred doing when Montag returns home from Faber’s house?

2. How does Faber react to Montag’s decision to read the poem aloud?

3. Who is Mildred entertaining when Montag comes home from Faber’s?

4. What effect is reading having on Montag?

5. Where is Mrs. Phelps' husband?

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