English 100

Fahrenheit 451 Part Three questions for study. Answer in complete sentences.

1. Who called in the alarm on Montag? Where is Millie?

2. What reason does Montag give Faber for not running away?

3. What does Beatty tell Montag will happen to him after they burn down his house?

4. What does Montag do to Beatty? Why?

5. What does the hound do to Montag? What does Montag do to the hound?

6. To where does Montag go for help? How does Montag keep track of the pursuit?

7. Why does the "beetle" on the highway try to run Montag down? What saved him?

8. What should Montag do after he finds the river, according to Faber?

9. What two methods will the authorities use to track down Montag's escape route?

10. How does Faber escape capture?

11. What will happen in the city at the end of a count of ten?

12. What does Montag do at the edge of the river? How is this thematically symbolic?

13. What path does Montag find on the other side of the river?

14. What does he see that guides him in the dark? What significant difference does Montag see in this use of fire?

15. What is the function of the drink the men give Montag?

16. What do they describe themselves as being to Montag?

17. What do they see from the direction of the city? To where do the men go after this event? Why?

18. From what book is Montag quoting at the end of the novel? How is this thematically significant?

19. What is the significance of the title of this section of the novel?

"Afterword" & "Coda"

1. In what years were the "Coda" and "Afterword" written?

2. What is "The Fire Man"?

3. After what two things were Montag and Faber named? What is thematically symbolic about this?

4. What is the author's purpose in writing the "Afterword"?

5. In the "Coda", what is the author's purpose in telling us about the mail he received and the anthology of short stories he describes?

6. What purpose does the author have in writing the "Coda" (See page 178)?

Part Two: Define or explain the following. Give two facts about each.

1. "Beatty wanted to die"

2. "Police Alert. Wanted: Fugitive in city. Has committed murder and crimes against the State."

3. "'War has been declared'"

4. "The beetle was rushing. The beetle was roaring. The beetle raised its speed. The beetle was whining. The beetle was in high thunder."

5. "'Mrs. Black, are you asleep in there?'"

6. "Burn the chair in the living room in your wall incinerator. Wipe down the furniture with alcohol, wipe the doorknobs."

7. The railroad track

8. "It was not burning. It was warming."

9. Granger

10. The TV show the men in the forest watch

11. The Book of Ecclesiastes

12. "I remember. Chicago. Chicago a long time ago."

13. "a phoenix"

14. "And on either side of the river was there a tree of life, which bare twelve manners of fruit, and yielded her fruit every month; And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations."