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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most important thing in Mildred’s life?

2. What does Clarisse do to check whether or not someone is in love?

3. What does Faber believe television has done to Jesus' image?

4. How does Montag distance himself from Clarisse so no one grows suspicious of them?

5. On the morning after the accident, what is Mildred anxious for Montag to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Clarisse question about Montag’s way of life, and how does he react to her questions?

2. What happens to people who are found with books in their possession?

3. What is the hound at work specifically trained to do?

4. Why did the book burnings first begin?

5. Why does Beatty come to visit Montag after the book burning at the elderly woman’s home?

6. What is Mildred Montag’s obsession, and how does it affect her personal life?

7. What most enthralls Montag about his job?

8. What does Montag come to suspect about the mechanical firedog at his work?

9. What horrifying scene does Montag come home to after escorting Clarisse back to the neighborhood, and what does this lead him to realize about Mildred?

10. What surprises Montag about Clarisse’s family when he first meets them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Montag’s transition from duty-bound fireman to intellectual revolutionary. What prompted Montag to abandon his post in search of great literature? Choose to major events in Montag’s life and explain why they were turning points for his character. What do you think Montag’s fate might be five or ten years after the novel’s conclusion? Be sure to include examples from the text to help strengthen your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Montag’s relationship with Professor Faber. Where did the two men first meet, and what is significant about their meeting? Why did Montag think that Faber would make a good mentor in his quest for knowledge. Based on your reading, do you agree with Montag’s assessment? Why or why not? Be sure to include examples from the text to help strengthen your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

How does Mildred symbolize the state of unhappiness in Montag’s society? What does Mildred value, and how do her obsessions affect her personal life, particularly in her marriage? What message is Bradbury sending the reader about the comparison between television and books? Be sure to include examples from the text to help strengthen your arguments.

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