| what is the real beauty of fire according to Beatty? | destroys responsibilities and consequnces |
| beatty says to montag, “your house, your clean-up.” what does he mean? | burn your own house down |
| who turns in montag? | mildred (and her friends did earlier) |
| what does montag do to arouses suspicion in Beatty? | tilted his head like he was listening to something |
| what happens to the green bullet? | beatty takes it; so it burns with beatty (to protect faber) |
| how does beatty die? | montag burns him up with the flame thrower |
| What becomes of the mechanical hound? | montag blasts it apart with the flame thrower |
| what is nearly responsible for montag’s death? | mechanical hound/ a speeding car |
| why can’t montag run? | the hound injected him |
| what does montag suddenly realize about beatty and his death? | beatty wanted to die |
| what is montag’s purpose in going to mr. black’s home? | to frame the fireman for having books |
| where does faber tell montag he should go? | to the river and then the old railway tracks |
| what is the “one-man carnival”? | the chase to capture montag |
| why does montag tell faber to burn his furniture and turn on the lawn sprinklers? | to destroy montag’s scent so they can’t track him. |
| what does “twenty million montags’ running” mean? | 20 million viewers; parlor tv’s; on 20 million screens. |
| what does the river give montag time to do? | wash, douse himself in whisky (rid him of his scent) and change into faber’s clothes. |
| as montag steps out of the river, what kind of shelter does he dream of for his first night out of the city? | sleeping in a hay barn loft, like one he visited as a young boy |
| what creature does he mistake for the hound? | a deer |
| describe the voices that montag hears? | they rose and fell quietly |
| about what do they voices speak? | about the world, land, city, trees, etc. |
| why does the chase continue inland? | the hound loses his scent/ thrown off at the river |
| who is killed in montag’s place? | an innocent man out walking |
| why can’t the government officials admit that montag eluded them? | everyone is watching, to keep their attention, to save face. |
| why doesn’t montag feel he belongs in the company of these men? | he doesn’t have anything to offer, doesn’t feel worthy |
| What book will montag become? | Ecclesiastes |
| what is significant about the “odd minority in the wilderness”? | they are all books-so one day they will be able to “restore” them |
| why does granger refer to this time as the dark ages? | when people don’t read |
| why does granger trust montag? | he looked like Hell, and the fact that he is an ex-fireman that just went through an unbelievable chase. |
| why won’t montag grieve if his wife dies? | she did “nothing” to “miss” |
| granger explains that one does not grieve for the person. One grieves for the things that person did and will never do again. What did Montag leave? | ashes- nothing but destruction; up to this point. |
| what happens to the city? | bombed/ total destruction/ leveled in an instant |
| where does montag remember meeting mildred for the first time? | chicago |
| what does montag save for noon when they reach the city? | quote from revelations (to talk) |
| how does quote from revelations contribute to the ending of the novel? | river leads to rebirth. |
Fahrenheit 451-Part 3 Review
February 7, 2020