Pt 2 Sand and the Sieve Quiz

Why is there constant background noise in their society?

• To keep people entertained and provide a background noise and keep them upbeat

• To keep people from focusing on anything bad and thinking for themselves

• To sell their products more efficiently in a society where people don't think for themselves

• To provide hidden messages about what is going on in the world for people who need to know

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What is Faber's one regret?

• Not hiding more copies of the Bible when he could

• Not trying to recruit more people to start a revolution in society

• Not planting books in the firemen's houses before

• Not speaking up when he could have safely done so

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Why are firemen rarely necessary?

• Because there are hardly any books left to burn

• Because people are very scared of the consequences

• Because people stopped reading on their own

• Because any day now the war will wipe their society off the face of the earth

When Montag finally goes back to work, who/what is missing?

• The mechanical hound

• The salamander (fire truck)

• All of the other firemen

• Captain Beatty

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As a character, what does Mildred represent?

• Stay at home mothers in society

• The most knowledgeable people in society

• Women in society

• Society as a whole

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Who is Montag most scared to face now that he is seeking knowledge?

• Beatty

• Mildred

• Clarisse

• Faber

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What is the condition throughout rest of the world?

• Very poor, not as ignorant and self absorbed, dislikes Montag's society

• Very wealthy, not as ignorant and self absorbed, dislikes Montag's society

• Almost identical to Montag's society, the world is very global

• Montag's society is the only part of the world that survived the atomic wars

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Where are the firemen called to at the end of part 2?

• Beatty's house

• Clarisse's house

• Montag's house

• Faber's house

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Why does Montag read a poem to Mildred and her friends

• Because he feels like they could benefit by learning what he knows

• Because he realizes that they don't know any better and he wants to teach them to be better mothers and wives

• Because he is so tired of hearing the tv and wants a change for the evening

• Because he is just so upset by their ignorance that he wants to scare them into 'waking up'

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What major event is about to start (they keep hearing signs overhead)?

• The next war

• The volcanic eruption

• The great flood

• The big avalanche

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