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Fahrenheit 451 Reading Questions 1


 * 1) What kind of beginning is this? Is it effective? (hint- look for the figurative language)
 * 2) How does Bradbury introduce details of the society to his readers?
 * 3) Describe the setting.
 * 4) How does his meeting with Clarisse affect Montag? Why?
 * 5) Describe how Montag feels about his wife.
 * 6) “The room was not empty.”…”The room was indeed empty” (page. 11-12) Explain the two quotes and the literary term that is being employed here.
 * 7) How has stomach-pumping become common? Conjecture on the causes.
 * 8) What does Montag tell his wife about the previous night? Why?
 * 9) Why is it strange to Clarisse that Montag is a fireman? What do firemen do?
 * 10) Describe Clarisse’s ideal school. Is Clarisse anti-social? Who’s standards should matter?
 * 11) How has Montag begun to think about how he became a fireman? How do we know that he is changing?
 * 12) Is the history that Montag knows correct?
 * 13) How had Montag been able to do his job until now?
 * 14) “None of these books agree with each other.” (page 38). Explain the quote. Should books have to agree?
 * 15) Mildred says that the parlor is her family. Explain what she means.
 * 16) Montag tells Mildred that they burned a woman with her books. What is Mildred’s response and why does she think/say that?
 * 17) How does Mildred react when Montag is explaining his realizations about books?
 * 18) Why does Beatty say books had to go? Could this be a social criticism or prediction by the author?
 * 19) “Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone __made__ equal.” (page 58). React to the quote.
 * 20) How are the firemen the “happiness boys”?
 * 21) Beatty describes fiction and nonfiction and concludes that books leave you lost. Defend his statement from HIS perspective. Then, argue against it.
 * 22) Do you really think that Montag will burn the books?
 * 23) Why is Clarisse so threatening?