Humanities › Literature 'Fahrenheit 451' Quiz Check Your Knowledge Share Flipboard Email Fahrenheit 451 Study Guide Overview Summary Characters Themes Key Quotes Vocabulary Quiz Ghislain & Marie David de Lossy / Getty Images by Jeffrey Somers Updated December 21, 2018 1. Which character most directly causes Montag to begin questioning society? Clarisse McClellan Mildred Montag Captain Beatty Professor Faber Correct Wrong Montag's chance meaning with Clarisse, a curious and non-conformist teenager, causes him to rethink his worldview, and he begins questioning his society as a result. 2. What book does Montag steal from the old woman's house? Dover Beach Walden The Bible Uncle Tom's Cabin Correct Wrong When ransacking the home of the elderly book hoarder with his fellow firemen, Montag steals a copy of the Bible. 3. The novel suggests that watching television is: a way to develop critical thinking skills. a healthy escape from everyday stressors. an act of rebellion against censorship. a dangerously passive and mindless activity. Correct Wrong Fahrenheit 451 emphasizes the potential dangerous of mindless television consumption. Mildred Montag is the best example of the novel's perspective on television. Mildred sees her wall-sized screens as a "parlor wall family," and spends all day numbing herself with pills and TV shows. In the novel, the mindless consumption of television is a threat to critical thought, as the TV shows are explicitly designed to provide mindless entertainment devoid of any new ideas or perspectives. 4. After Montag is reported by Mildred for hoarding books, what does Beatty order Montag to do? Burn down his own house. Run away and join the drifters. Ask Mildred for a divorce. Hide his stockpile of books. Correct Wrong Beatty tells Montag that Mildred and her friends reported him after he read to them from a poetry book. Montag does as he is told, destroying his home with a flamethrower. 5. What have the drifters done in order to rebuild society? Imprisoned firemen. Memorized books. Hoarded televisions. Destroyed the city. Correct Wrong The drifters, a group of former intellectuals, have each memorized at least one book. Their intention is to use that knowledge to rebuild society. At the end of the novel, when the city is destroyed by a nuclear attack, Montag and the drifters set out to apply this knowledge and rebuild. 'Fahrenheit 451' Quiz You got: % Correct. Great work! You clearly understand the plot, characters, and key themes of Fahrenheit 451. Congratulations on finishing this lesson. Share Your Results Share Flipboard Email 'Fahrenheit 451' Quiz You got: % Correct. Nice try! Review these resources to improve your score: Fahrenheit 451 Summary Fahrenheit 451 Characters Fahrenheit 451 Themes and Literary Devices Share Your Results Share Flipboard Email