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by Ray Bradbury

The story of fireman Guy Montag first appeared in "The Fireman", a short story by Ray Bradbury published in Galaxy Science Fiction in 1951. Montag's story was expanded two years later, in 1953, and was published as Fahrenheit 451. While the novel is most often classified as a work of science…

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What happens when Montag gets home from the fire at the old woman's house?
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What does Captain Beatty say abuyt the quotation when they return to the firehouse, and what does the incident show?
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What purpose is served by the electronic thimble earpieces and the televisors in the Montag house
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How is the character Clarisse McClennan differentiated from that of Montag?
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How does the author indicate that Montag has a daring- or rebellious- streak in his character?
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Hw does the introduction go against conventional wisdom and signal to the reader that a different value system will be introduced?
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From Beatty's speech, what does Bradbury reveal about his own fears about society? What ideas/concepts are true in our modern society?
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1.Guy Montag always carries with him
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4. Explain some of the futuristic (fantastic) technological advances seen in the novel.
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1. Discuss the gradual development of Montag throughout the plot. Compare and contrast him to Beatty.
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10. TF Sirens successfully followed Montag to Faber's house and destroyed the other audiocapsules.
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15. TF Faber "vanished in the Hound's muzzle."
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14. Why did Montag want Faber to turn on the air-conditioning and sprinklers?
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12. How much money did Montag give Faber?
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13. Because of its odor indexes, the new Mechanical Hound can remember how many scents?
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11. What is Montag's plan?
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16. Interpret: "Twenty million Montags running, soon, if the cameras caught him."
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17. Why had the search veered inland?
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9. TF Montag "stumbled and fell" because the beetle "fired from an invisible rifle."
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8. TF Faber went to the steaming lump of tar to see if Montag had really torched Beatty.
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7. TF Other Salamanders were in route to recover and destroy Mildred's four remaining books.
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6. Montag shot one continuous pulse of liquid fire on whom?
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5. What happened to Montag's green bullet, his electronic ear?
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4. What three people turned in an alarm against Montag?
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3. Who said, "'When you're quite finished, you're under arrest'"?
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