Fahrenheit 451 Study Guide

 

Pages 63-77

  1. What does Montag admit to Millie?

 

  1. How many books were stashed behind the ventilator grille?

 

  1. When someone comes to the door, who do the Montags think it must be?  What do they do in response?

 

  1. Pages 71-75 begins on the same day as the end of Part One.  What month is it?

 

  1. When Millie hears a dog at the door and wants to shoo it away, why won’t Montag let her?

 

  1. How many atomic wars have been started and won by the U.S., according to Montag?

 

  1. Whom does Montag think of when he decides he needs a teacher?

 

  1. Although mentioned twice before, what new character is finally named?

 

  1. What happens when Montag asks on the phone about how many copies are available of the Bible, Shakespeare, and Plato?

 

  1. What is the “only one thing to do” that Montag decides on before he leaves the house?

 

Pages 77-91

  1. Where is Montag for most of pages 77-80?

 

  1. What dangerous thing does Montag do in this passage?

 

  1. What does Faber look like?

 

  1. Faber says, “Three things are missing” in the world of Fahrenheit 451.  What are they?

 

  1. What plan does Montag suggest which Faber rejects at first?

 

  1. What “insidious plan” does Faber casually suggest, and which Montag agrees to carry out?

 

  1. What unusual “torture” does Montag use on Faber to make him help fight the system?

 

  1. How long ago was it that Faber was teaching and college newspapers were being printed?

 

  1. What does Faber give Montag before he goes, to help him against Captain Beatty?

 

Pages 91-100 & 100-113

  1. How many men have been called up for the war by the government according to the radio?  According to Faber?

 

  1. As Montag walks home from Faber’s house, what does he have in his ears?

 

  1. What does Faber read to Montag as he walks?

 

  1. What two new named characters come to visit Mildred after supper?

 

  1. After he turns off the TV walls and argues with the women, what does Montag force them to do?

 

  1. What reasons do the women give as evidence that Winston Noble was such a good candidate for president?

 

  1. Montag says, “Now, he knew that he was two people, that he was, above all, Montag who knew nothing… he knew that he was also the old man who talked to him…”  Who else has had this kind of relationship with Montag?

 

  1. Why does Montag keep washing his hands when he gets to work?

 

  1. How does Beatty cleverly “punish” Montag at work?