Fahrenheit 451- par. 1-94

What is the significance of the title "Fahrenheit 451"?

• the author's favorite number

• a mythological allusion to the 451 B.C

• the temperature that paper burns

• the temperature that kills humans

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is happening in the first 2 paragraphs?

• The man is enjoying watching a house and books burn.

• The man is sad because his house is on fire.

• The man is enjoying watching a large bonfire.

• The man is enjoying watching firefighters put out a fire.

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

What is the meaning of the word, waft, as it is used in paragraph 4?

• a smell or aroma

• to carry smoothly and efortlessly

• to call a person

• to containate

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Why is is ironic that Montag is a fireman?

• he only saves cats

• he sets fire and people fear him

• people love him

• he puts out fires

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CCSS.RL.7.1

What is not a social norm of this society?

• they burn books

• they speed everywhere

• they take walks

• they watch tv

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CCSS.RI.7.3

Which phrase made Fahrenheit 451 possible?

• what if..

• If only...

• Can we please...

• if this continues then...

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

How does Clarisse McClellan impact Montag?

• She makes him want to start baking.

• She makes him realize he is unhappy in his life.

• She encourages him to quit his job.

• She doesn't impact him at all.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the best way to describe Montag's home?

• loving

• warm

• cold

• troubled

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CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RL.7.4

What happened to Mildred?

• Mildred died

• Mildred left

• Mildred screamed

• Mildred overdosed

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Which of the following indicate the book is set in the future?

• "...the subway where the silent air-propelled train slid soundlessly down the lubricated flue..."

• "...she discovered she was a moment away from a man who stood in the middle of the pavement waiting..."

• "It was not the hysterical light of electricity but-but what?"

• "It was a pleasure to burn"

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.3