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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which Book does Montag take a special interest in and bring to Faber’s house?
(a) An American History textbook
(b) Romeo and Juliet
(c) War and Peace
(d) The Bible

3. The next morning, how does Montag feel about his confrontation with Mildred about the poem?
(a) Ashamed
(b) Proud
(c) Guilty
(d) Terrified

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

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

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

7. What poem does Montag read during his confrontation with Mildred?
(a) Dover Beach
(b) Sonnet XVI
(c) Apple Picking
(d) A Dream Deferred

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

9. Who is Mildred entertaining when Montag comes home from Faber’s?
(a) Her girlfriends
(b) The next-door neighbor
(c) Captain Beatty
(d) Clarisse

10. What does Faber think books smell like?
(a) Coriander
(b) Curry
(c) Nutmeg
(d) Ginger

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

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

13. How does Faber help Montag during the confrontation with Beatty?
(a) By whispering advice into his ear
(b) By telling him how to blackmail Beatty
(c) By making prank calls to the firehouse
(d) By punching Beatty in the face

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose image do advertisers use to sell products?

2. How does Captain Beatty fit into Montag and Faber’s secret plan?

3. What effect is reading having on Montag?

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

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

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