Fahrenheit 451 Multiple Choice Questions

1. “It has features. This book can go under the microscope. You’d find life under the glass,

streaming past in infinite profusion.” (pg. 83)

What is the theme of this book?

A. Books make up life.

*B. Look deep down in a book to get the true meaning.

C. Put a book under a microscope to find its features.

D. There is an infinite amount of aspects of a book.

2. When the firemen tell people that if you are caught with a book, your house will be burned

down, what type of propaganda is this?

A. Repetition

B. Loaded Words

*C. Appeal to our basic Needs and Desires

D. Loaded imagery

3. When the people are not allowed to read books. It shows that they are…

*A. not knowledgeable (stupid)

B. believing in nothing

C. lazy

D. easily manipulated

4. “The Boulevard was as clean as the surface of an arena.” What literary device was

used in this quote?

A. Metaphor 

B. Personification   

C. Simile 

D. Foreshadowing

5. “Montag approached from the rear, creeping through a thick night.” What

character trait was shown in this quote about Montag? 

A. Sneakiness

B. Bravery   

C. Incompetence 

D. Intelligence 

 

6. “When I leave, burn the spread of this bed that I touched.” What common

character trait was shown in this quote about Montag? 

A. Bravery

B. Nervousness   

C. Intelligence

D. Sneakiness

7. The cities won’t do well over the next few days,” is an example of 

a- personification

b- propaganda

*c- foreshadowing 

d- metaphor

8. “I’m not worried,” said Mrs. Phelps, “I’ll let Pete do all the worrying. Not me. I’m not

worried.” The repetition in this quote gives the feeling that 

*a- Mrs. Phelps is worried

b- Mrs. Phelps is confident

c- Mrs. Phelps is happy

d- Mrs. Phelps loves Pete

9. “The real reason, hidden underneath, might be they didn’t want people sitting like that,

doing nothing, rocking, talking.” shows the idea that

a- It is bad to relax

b- When people think, bad things happen

*c- Thinking breeds change

d- The government is evil

10.  “That’s the good part of dying, when you’ve got nothing to lose, you run any risk you

want,” shows the theme that

a- Everybody needs to die at some point

*b- Doing what is right is more important than one person’s life

c- When one has nothing to lose, they should die

d- When one is going to die, they should do anything they want

11. “It’s fine work, Monday burn Millay,  Wednesday Whitman, Friday Faulkner, burn

‘em to ashes, then burn the ashes.” is an example of what kind of propaganda 

a- repetition

b- appealing to fear

c- loaded words

*d- slogan

12. The real reason, hidden underneath, might be they didn’t want people sitting like that,

doing nothing,” is an example of the government controlling the information. What

incident in history can this be retaliated to.

a- The Boston Tea Party

*b- The Red Scare

c- The Cold War

d- WWII

13. In the quote, “But every time he burnt himself up he sprang out of ashes, he got himself born all over

again,” who/what is Granger talking about?

a) The city

b) Phoenix

c) Montag

d) The Hound

14. Granger says, “And it looks like we’re doing the same thing, over and over,” what is he comparing us to.

a) Clarisse

b) Human kind

c) Beatty

d) Phoenix

15. “He waded in and stripped in darkness to the skin, splashing his body, arms, legs, and head with raw

liquor; drank it and snuffed some up his nose,” why did Montag do this?

a) As a substitute for showering.

b) To get rid of his scent so the Hound can’t track him down.

c) To go suicide and burn himself to death.

d) To use as a disease repellant.

16. What device is used in this quote, “Leave that stuff in the blood and the blood hits the brain like a mallet,

bang. A couple of thousand times and the brain just gives up, just quits.”

a) Foreshadowing

b) Metaphor

c) Simile

d) Diction

17. In this quote, what is the characters tone’s: “Mildred kicked at a book. Books aren’t people. You

read and I look all around, but there isn’t anybody”(73)?

a. excited

b. disappointed

c. frustrated

d. decisive

answer is c.

18."Pride, dammit, and temper, and you've junked it all...", shows Montag's _________?

a. enlightment

b. self-pity

c. happiness

d. disgrace

19. The book continuously mentions something that helps find books in people’s

homes. What item are they talking about?

a. Montag’s car

b. Their fire truck

c. The Hound*

d. The city bus

20. In the quote, “So now do you see why books are hated and feared? They show

the pores in the face of life,” what theme is shown?

a. Books explore detailed feelings and aspects of life

b. Books scare people

c. Pores on a face are hated and feared

d. Books who you what you really look like

ANSWER: A