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What symbolic number is engraved on Montags helmet?

451
541
154
405

Montags uniform is brandished with this mythical creature?

phonenix

What is the significance of the fact that the dandelion does NOT rub off on Montag's chin

It supposedly means he is not in love

How many wall- tvs do Montag and his wife have?

3

Who does Montag meet that makes him begin questioning the life around him?

Clarisse

Montag's job as a fireman means he?

starts fires for a living

What does Mildred overdose on?

sleeping pills

Why does Montag suspect the Mechanical Hound has been programmed against him?

it growls at him

Who inspires Clarisse to be different/ awkard /

her uncle

Who turned un the alarm on the old woman with the hidden books?

her neighbor

What question haunts Montag because neither he nor his wife can remember the answer

Where did Montag and his wife meet

What are the Seashells?

tiny transistor radio ear plugs

What does Mildred tell Montag has happened to Clarisse?

She was run over by a car

What did Mildred find behind Montag's pillow?

A book Montag had stolen

What does Beatty explain happens to the dead in their society ?

within 5 minutes ( minus a funeral) is in the incinerators

Why is Montag's leg incapacitated?

the Mechanical Hound stabbed it with his procaine needle

What realization stops Montag in his tracks and causes him to sob?

Beatty had wanted to die

Why does the Beetle pick up speed and almost run over Montag?

it was a carload of teens, looking for adventure, who wanted to run him over

Why did Montag stop on the way to Faber's and stash a book in Mrs. Black's house?

she was a wife of one of his fellow firemen, and it was part of the plan to plant books and call in alarms against the firemen

What is Faber's plan to help Montag escape?

Montag should head for the river in hopes of following old rail lines into the country where other outcasts hide

What did the police instruct the public to do in a last-ditch effort to catch Montag?

on the count of ten, to go collectively to their doors or windows to see if they could spot the fugitive

At one point during his run, Montag thought the Mechanical Hound had found him. What did he actually see that his mistook for the Hound?

a deer

What hint does the author drop which may indicate that Clarisse was not hit by a car after all?

Montag could feel that Clarisse had once walked on the same railroad tracks he was traveling over

What does Montag find gathered around a fire out in the countryside?

a collection of misfits who once lived in the cities and escaped to the country

How did Granger and the others know Montag's name?

they had been watching the chase on a portable battery tv set

Why do the police pretend to be chasing Montag even after he has successfully escaped?

they need to end with a bang so the audience will be entertained

Who does the Mechanical Hound kill?

a random man

Why is Granger's statement to Montag ("Welcome back from the dead.") ironic?

although Montag is not literally dead, his old self...his old belief system...is indeed dead

How do Granger and the others preserve books?

by memorizing them

What happened to the city Montag escaped?

it was flattened by bomb

(+5) What is the name of the book Montag will be responsible for? The Book of Ecclesiastes

The Book of Ecclesiastes

Who or what does the author imply is outside Montag's door through the description "...a slow, probing sniff, an exhalation of electric steam,"?

the Mechanical Hound

Why is it ironic that Mildred sees no value in reading since "Books aren't people,"?

her 'family' is not real people either, but she feels an artificial connection to them

To what is Montag referring when he says, "I saw the damnedest snake in the world the other night..."?

the tube used to pump Mildred's stomach

What secret does Montag reveal to Mildred?

he has approximately 20 books illegally hidden

Why does Montag keep hearing planes flying overhead?

the country is preparing for war, but nobody talks about it

Who is Faber?

an old, retired English Professor that Montag first met in the park

Why is Montag unable to memorize parts of the Bible while on the subway?

Denham's Dentifrice" and other such commercials are blaring, making it impossible to focus

What is "Jesus Christ" like in Montag's society?

He has been commercialized and is broadcast over the wall-TV

What does Faber remark that books smell like?

like nutmeg or some spice from a foreign land

What does Faber say is missing from society?

all of the above

What plan of action do Montag and Faber accidentally come up with?

to disrupt the fireman structure itself by planting books and turning in alarms against the firemen

What piece of trivia does Faber tell Montag that he didn't fully realize before?

the public itself stopped reading of its own accord

Why does Montag reveal the book of poetry to Mildred's guests?

he's had all he can stand of their mindless banter and lack of depth

To whose house did Beatty take Montag to burn?

Montag's house

How does Montag communicate from Faber in his absence?

Faber talks to him through Faber's own invention...a green bullet listening device

(+2) Who is the author of Fahrenheit 451?

Ray Bradbury

(+3) The number 451 is on Montag's helmet in addition to the cover of the book. What does this number represent in this novel? the temperature at which books burn

the temperature at which books burn