Fahrenheit 451 Study Guide

 

Pages 1-18

  1. Apparently, the first page describes a man who is a fireman.  What is different about his job and the usual meaning of “fireman”?

 

  1. What does the firehose (“this great python”) spray?

 

  1. How does the fireman get home?

 

  1. Whom does the fireman meet near his house on his way home?

 

  1. How old is she?

 

  1. How old is he?

 

  1. How long has he been a fireman?

 

  1. What is the official slogan of the fireman?

 

  1. List several of the things the girl asks the fireman about.

 

  1. Describe the girl’s uncle.

 

  1. What does Montag look at so intently when he gets inside his house?

 

  1. What event does he remember from a year ago that reminds him of this meeting tonight?

 

  1. When Montag says, “What?” in this section, to whom is he talking?

 

  1. What does Montag’s bedroom remind him of?

 

  1. What does Montag accidentally kick on the floor and what was missing from it?

 

  1. What is Mrs. Montag’s first name?

 

  1. What does Montag do at the same time that the jet bombers go screaming over his house?

 

  1. What do the two machines do?

 

  1. What time do the workmen leave?

 

  1. Where does Montag go after that?

 

Pages 18 - 32

  1. What does Mrs. Montag remember about the night before?  What does she think must have happened?

 

  1. What does Montag stop and stare at again, just as he did earlier?

 

  1. What does Montag try to tell his wife before he goes to work?

 

  1. Why is she so excited about the upcoming TV show?

 

  1. How many TV walls do they have?  When did they buy the last one?

 

  1. What do you think Millie wants him to buy?

 

  1. If one TV wall costs one-third of a fireman’s yearly pay, approximately how much do you think it would cost now?

 

  1. What does Clarisse decide about Montag by using a dandelion?

 

  1. Whom is Clarisse on her way to see?  Why?

 

  1. Instead of a firehouse dog, like a Dalmatian, each firehouse now has a Mechanical Hound.  Describe it.

 

  1. What is the Hound’s apparent function?

 

  1. What games do the firemen typically play with it?

 

  1. What new character is identified in pages 24-27?

 

  1. How many days go by in pages 28-31?

 

  1. Briefly sum up what happens in this section (pgs. 28-31)

 

  1. Why doesn’t Montag have children?

 

  1. Does Montag try any of the things Clarisse suggests?

 

  1. How many days go by in pages 31-32?

 

  1. What seems to be happening to Montag each day when he gets to work?