Fahrenheit 451 Novel Quiz (Study Sync)

What do the first two paragraphs of the text reveal about Guy Montag?

• He enjoys his work.

• He is curious about the books he burns.

• His secret dream is to be a conductor.

• He is thinking about quitting his job.

Which of these inferences about the setting is BEST supported by the text?

• The story occurs in an American city from the distant past.

• Guy and Clarisse meet in the midst of an ongoing war.

• The story is set entirely inside homes and fire stations.

• The story takes place in the future.

Which of the following statements BEST EXPLAINS why Guy seems to enjoy the company of Clarisse?

• She talks to him in a way that he is not used to.

• He enjoys teaching her about the history of firefighting.

• She acts like she is better than him.

• He plans on turning her over to the authorities.

Which of the following sentences from the text BEST supports the idea that Clarisse is rebellious?

• "Do you mind if I walk back with you?"

• "He saw himself in her eyes, suspended in two shining drops of bright water, himself dark and tiny, in fine detail, the lines about his mouth, everything there, as if her eyes were two miraculous bits of violet amber that might capture and hold him intact.”

• "Do you ever read any of the books you burn?"

• “There was only the girl walking with him now, her face bright as snow in the moonlight, and he knew she was working his questions around, seeking the best answers she could possibly give.”

Which of these inferences about the government is best supported by the text?

• The government is burning books because authors were the leaders of a rebellion against it.

• One reason the government is destroying books is because it is rewriting history.

• The government changed the role of police officers to now be the ones who commit crimes.

• The government cut the power in Guy’s childhood home so that he could bond with his mother.

Which sentence from the text most strongly supports the answer to Question 5?

• “Houses have always been fireproof, take my word for it.”

• “One time, as a child, in a power failure, his mother had found and lit a last candle and there had been a brief hour of rediscovery...”

• “Monday burn Millay, Wednesday Whitman, Friday Faulkner, burn ’em to ashes, then burn the ashes.”

• “While the books went up in sparkling whirls and blew away on a wind turned dark with burning.”

Which of these inferences about the Clarisse is best supported by the text?

• She is much older than seventeen.

• She is very suspicious of Guy.

• She does not think about the things she says before blurting them out.

• She has been following Guy around before they met.

Which excerpt from the text most strongly supports the answer to Question 7?

• “There was only the girl walking with him now, her face bright as snow in the moonlight, and he knew she was working his questions around, seeking the best answers she could possibly give.”

• “The last few nights he had had the most uncertain feelings about the sidewalk just around the corner here, moving in the starlight toward his house. He had felt that a moment prior to his making the turn, someone had been there.”

• “Is it true that long ago firemen put fires out instead of going to start them?”

• “Do you mind if I ask? How long’ve you worked at being a fireman?”

Match the vocabulary word with its corresponding synonym(s): stolid

• emotionless

• frenzied, overwhelming

• floor of a fireplace

• sensuously pleasurable

Match the vocabulary word with its corresponding synonym(s): hysterical

• emotionless

• frenzied, overwhelming

• floor of a fireplace

• sensuously pleasurable