English 100

Fahrenheit 451 Part Two: Questions for Study. Answer in complete sentences.

Part One:

1. What is causing the sound the Montags hear at the front door?

2. What had the old man been doing that Montag meets in the park? What is the old man's name?

3. What does the old man give Montag at the end of their conversation? Why is this significant?

4. What is "Denham's Dentifrice"? Why is Montag saying "Consider the lilies of the field"?

5. What incident from his childhood does Montag remember that ties in with the title of this section of the novel? What now is the significance of the title?

6. What book does Montag take to Faber's apartment?

7. What is the significance of this book thematically? What significance does it have to Faber?

8. Does Montag want Faber to teach him the "meaning of life"? Explain.

9. Where does Faber tell Montag the meaning of life can be found?

10. What three things does Faber say books must possess to be helpful to our society? (See pages 84 & 85)

11. What plan does Montag come up with to begin undermining the burnings?

12. What does Montag do to convince Faber to help him with the plan?

13. What was Faber's former profession?

14. Describe the object Faber has created in his workroom. What exactly is its function?

15. In what ways does Montag disrupt Millie's nice evening at home with her friends?

16. What are the presidential candidates' names? Explain their significance.

17. What reason does Mrs. Bowles give for her Cesarean Section? What does she mean by the following: "It's like washing clothes: stuff laundry in and slam the lid" (See page 96).

18. In the dream Beatty recounts to Montag, what are the two men doing to each other (See pages 106 - 107)

19. What does Montag keep trying to hide from Beatty? How is this action symbolic?

20. What disturbs their game of poker? To where are the firemen called?

Part Two: Explain or define the following. Make sure to note at least two things about each.

1. "That favorite subject, Myself"

2. the White Clown

3. "'Fill this sieve with sand and you'll get a dime'"

4. "'Denham's Dentifrice'"

5. "There was white in the flesh of his mouth and his cheeks and his hair was white and his eyes had faded, with white in the vague blueness there"

6. "He's a regular peppermint stick now, all sugar-coated and saccharine when he isn't making veiled references to certain commercial products that every worshipper absolutely needs!"

7. "a small green metal object no larger than a .22 bullet"

8. "The Book of Job"

9. "You heave them into the 'parlor' and turn the switch. It's like washing clothes: stuff laundry in and slam the lid"

10. Winston Noble and Hubert Hoag

11. "Dover Beach"

12. Beatty's dream told to Montag at the firehouse

13. "Why, we've stopped in front of my house."