Chapter+Questions


 * Jordyn **
 * Faith **
 * Jared **
 * Meryl **

1. What do firemen do in the world of //Fahrenheit 451//? In this story, books have been outlawed because the government fears that they arouse arguments between people about the subjects in them. It is the job of the firemen to burn peoples books to keep a stable society. 2. What are the two professional symbols that Montag wears? The two symbols that Montag wears are the Phoenix and the Salamander. 3. Who does Montag run into on his way home? Montag runs into a young girl of 17 by the name of Clarisse McClellan, who shows Montag a different perspective of his world. She does things that are considered inappropriate to other people, like asking questions, hiking, and having genuine conversations with people. 4. What is etched on Montag’s igniter? Montag has a Salamander etched on his igniter. 5. What did Mildred remember of the night before? Or what did she pretend to remember? Mildred "remembered" that she hadn't told Montag about Clarisse dying in a car accident just a few days before. The family moved away shortly after the accident.

6. Explain Montag’s television. What does Mildred want for the television that Montag claims they cannot afford? In Montag's world, the televisions cover the entire wall. Mildred wants to add to their collection, by adding a fourth television, but Montag resists because he thinks it's too expensive. 7. What does Clarisse rub under her chin? Why? Clarisse rubs a dandelion under her chin, because she believes that if you see yellow coloring under your chin, you're in love. When she reaches out to do this "test" on Montag, his chin does not turn yellow, and it makes him realize that he really doesn't love anyone. 8. According to Clarisse, how is Montag “not like the others”? Clarisse says that any other firemen wouldn't have paid any attention to her, but Montag actually listens to what she has to say, which makes Montag "not like the others."

9. Describe the Mechanical Hound. The Mechanical Hound is called a dead, living beast, the name referring to the mannerism in which the Hound acts. The Hound is often said to hum or vibrate. It has green-blue glass eyes and hairs of nylon in its nostrils. The Hound has eight legs and rubber-padded paws. The Mechanical Hound not only acted like a real beast but hunted as well. He was let loose to catch rats and chickens in the firehouse, while the men bet on what he would seize first. It also has a large needle that extends from its mouth, injecting morphine and procaine into its victims. The Hound has a habit of growling in a way that resembles scraping metal, turning cogs, and electric sizzle. 10. How did Montag escape the Hound and get to the upper level of the firehouse? To escape the Hound in the firehouse Montag slid upward on the pole. He stepped back from the Hound, grabbed the brass pole with one hand and the pole slid upward. This sent him out of the way of the Hound and up to the upper floor of the firehouse quietly. 11. What is Montag’s theory on why the Hound reacted the way it did? Montag believes that the Hound acts hostile toward him because it doesn't like him. Then he starts to think that someone was tampering with its "memory" to make it target him. He believes that it might be one of his fellow firemen you is trying to toy with him. 12. How many times before had the Hound reacted this way toward Montag? While explaining his theory to Beatty, Montag says that it wasn't the first time the Hound came after him. Guy says that last month it happened twice. 13. Why does Clarisse find it odd that people find her to be antisocial? Clarisse finds it funny that everyone calls her antisocial because she is, in fact, very social. Depending on what you mean by social. To Clarisse social is talking to people about them and about things around you but because the school puts people together in a room where they are not meant to talk they consider her antisocial. They also think because of her lack of friends she must be abnormal. She doesn't want to be friends with people who dance around, fight, and shout like wild animals. 14. Name one thing that Clarisse talks about that is different today than in the past. Clarisse often talks about the past. She talks about a time when kids didn't kill each. A time when things were different. Clarisse talks about a time when people were actually supposed to have responsibility. They could do things on their own without killing someone in a shooting or car accident. 15. What did the radio in the firehouse say? While in the firehouse the radio sounds. It says "...war may be declared any hour. This country stands to defend its..." somewhere in the distance. 16. What happens to people that try to fool the government? While Montag and Beatty play poker they talk about what happens to people who try to fool the government. People who house books in their possesion are either burn with them or taken to a asylum. Beatty even says any man who trys to fool the government is insane. 17. What is the history of Firemen of America? They Fireman of America started around the Civil War even though their rule book claims it was earlier. When things began to pop out. Television and radio began to make things simpler. Then books started to appeal to less and less people. Things began to get faster and faster and everything was shortened. Soon sports and fun began to be the center of their world. Then there was an increase in population, and when the population increases there are more minorities. These minorities began to get harder and harder to appeal to. Then it happened. Books became banned, but who would enforce this law? But when people finally gave up books, then came about the firemen. 18. What was different at Mrs. Blake’s? What did Montag dislike about the way things were being done? At Mrs. Blake's the firemen were doing all of the damage themselves. Usually, the police would come in first and take over the building. This time the firmen had to do it all by themselves. Also, the police woul've taken the Mrs. Blake away. However, this time, Montag and the other firemen were starting the fire and notonly famaging the books, but the owner of the books as well. 19. What does Montag do with the book that lands in his hand? When the book lands in Montag's hand, his hand reflexively takes the book. He crushes it in his hand and stuff it into his coat. 20. What does Beatty say to Mrs. Blake about the books? . (Grace) He says that books aren't worth anything because they don't tell the entire truth. (Aaron) 21. What piece of information does Beatty share with Montag that refers back to something Mrs. Blake had said? While the firemen were returning from Mrs. Blakes, Montag asked Beatty what Mrs. blake had said about some "Master Ridley". Then, out of the blue, Beatty repeated the quote from her and told the firemen wht it was about. All the men were shocked and Beatty's only response was, "I'm full of bits and pieces. Most fire captains have to be. Sometimes I surprise myself." 22. What does Mildred say about Clarisse to Montag? One night Montag asked Mildred if she had recently see Clarisse. After some thought, she remembered and said that Clarisse had been run over by a car four days ago. Apparently the family had already moved away and Guy would never see them again. 23. What did Montag imagine being outside his window? While in bed, Montag saw a shadow move and heard leaves rustling. He immeadiatley thought that it was the Hound. He also got the feeling that if he opened the window then very bad things would happen. He made sure not to open the window. 24. Why does Montag not want to go to work anymore? What are some revelations he has had? Montag doesn't want to go to work after what happened at Mrs. Blake's. For one, he is very troubled by setting an actual person on fire. He realizes that there must be something so special aout books to make a person stay with them and get burned alive. He also thinks about the man that could've spent years and years to write that one book, and he destroyed it in a few minutes. 25. What does Mildred find under Montag’s pillow? Mildred found a book under her husbands pillow that he obtained from Mrs. Blakes house. 26. What word became a swear word? Intellectual became a swear word after school provided more unintellectual careers because of what was taught at the school. 27. Why does society lower the kindergarten age year after year? Society lowers the kindergarten age year after year so that it can find out the "odd ducks" as Beatty describes so that they don't influence the school, or they can find out the families that supply the child with the information in the first place and then the firemen can see if the families are in possession of books. 28. According to Captain Beatty, if you don’t want a man unhappy politically, what do you do? According to Captain Beatty, if you don't want a man unhappy politically, don't supply him with both sides of the question to worry him; give him one. 29. What does Beatty say about firemen taking books? Beatty says that if a fireman were to take a book then it would be a natural error out of curiousity alone then the fireman could have possession of it for twenty-four hours. If by that time the fireman didn't get rid of the book by then, then the firemen would come to the house and burn it anyways. 30. According to Clarisse’s uncle, why did the architects get rid of front porches? According to Clarisse's uncle, the architects got rid of the front porches because they said it didn't look good and the fact that people would actually want to sit around and talk on the front porch was simply insane.