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Fahrenheit 451

by Ray Bradbury

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Fahrenheit 451 Overview Quiz #1 Quiz

This quiz covers important characters and events that take place throughout the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. 

  1. The antagonist of the novel is ____________.

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  2. What do the outcast band of intellectuals do?

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

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  4. Mildred overdoes on sleeping pills. 

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  5. Montag escapes the dystopian society. 

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  6. Who is the main protagonist throughout the novel?

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  7. The Mechanical Hound catches Montag.

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

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  9. Clarisse dies in the novel.

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  10. What gift does Faber give Montag to help them communicate?

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  11. Faber turns himself in. 

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  12. What poem does Montag read to Mildred and her friends?

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  13. What do firemen do throughout the novel?

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  14. What was Faber's profession?

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  15. What does Mildred listen to at night?

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

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