Fahrenheit 451 Fahrenheit 451 Overview Quiz #1 Quiz
by Ray Bradbury

Question 1

Who is the main protagonist throughout the novel?

• Faber
• Beatty
• Montag
• Clarisse

Question 2

What do the outcast band of intellectuals do?

• sings hymns
• make bombs
• write books
• remember books

Question 3

What do firemen do throughout the novel?

• kill people
• put out fires
• steal people's book
• burn books

Question 4

Mildred overdoes on sleeping pills. 

• True
• False

Question 5

What gift does Faber give Montag to help them communicate?

• a pager
• Seashell radio
• drebeats headphones
• greenbullet

Question 6

What poem does Montag read to Mildred and her friends?

• The Raven
• Dover Beach
• Funeral Blues
• Where the Sidewalk Ends

Question 7

Montag escapes the dystopian society. 

• True
• False

Question 8

What does Mildred listen to at night?

• the news
• her Seashell radio
• a white noise machine
• the "family" in her parlor

Question 9

What question does Clarisse ask Montag that makes him question his happiness?

• Do you like to read?
• Are you happy?
• Where did you meet your wife?
• Are you in love?

Question 10

The Mechanical Hound catches Montag.

• False
• True

Question 11

What was Faber's profession?

• librarian
• fireman
• English teacher
• preacher

Question 12

The antagonist of the novel is ____________.

• Mildred
• Captain Beatty
• Granger
• Faber

Question 13

Clarisse dies in the novel.

• True
• False

Question 14

Faber turns himself in. 

• True
• False

Question 15

What does Montag witness that makes him reconsider being a fireman?

• a child get run over by a car
• a woman commit suicide with her books
• a preacher giving a moving sermon
• a ghost telling him to quit his job

Question 16

What event gives new hope to the outcast intellectuals at the end of the novel?

• the president is assassinated
• a revolution occurs
• an opposing army invades
• city is destroyed by an atomic bomb