Fahrenheit 451 Part 3: “Burning Bright” Questions, Exercises of English

Download Fahrenheit 451 Part 3: “Burning Bright” Questions and more Exercises English in PDF only on Docsity! Fahrenheit 451 Part 3: “Burning Bright” Questions Mrs. Salona Page 1 of 4 Name____________________________________________________ Period____________ The questions will help you considerably on your Part 3 quiz. Answer them as you read. Also, read pages 10-12 in your study packet. 1. On the first page of part 3, Beatty compares Montag’s actions to the story of Icarus who flies too close to the sun. What is the connection between Montag and Icarus? 2. What hint does Captain Beatty say he sent to Montag that he must not have picked up on? 3. Who is the “little idiot” to whom Beatty refers? Why is this person an “idiot”? 4. What does Mildred have in her hand when she walks out of the house, and what is she most worried about? 5. What does Montag suspect Mildred of doing? 6. What does Beatty say is the real beauty of fire? 7. Instead of using kerosene, Captain Beatty wants Montag to use what to burn down his house? 8. How does Montag figure the books got back into the house? 9. What does Beatty say to Montag as he is finishing burning the house? 10. How did Montag feel about burning his possessions? Why did he feel this way? 11. Who called in the alarm? Which alarm does Beatty answer? 12. What did Beatty do to Montag? 13. What happened to the “green bullet” radio that Faber gave to Montag? 14. What does Beatty say he will do with the radio? 15. What horrific thing did Montag do to Beatty? How does he feel about what he did? 16. What was the reaction of the other two firemen, Stoneman and Black, and what does Montag do to them ? 17. Explain Montag’s dealing with the Mechanical Hound. 18. To what does Montag compare the pain of his leg? 19. Why was Montag having a hard time getting away? 20. When Montag returns to his home briefly, what does he find in his old garden? Fahrenheit 451 Part 3: “Burning Bright” Questions Mrs. Salona Page 2 of 4 21. Montag thinks to himself that Captain Beatty probably wanted to do what? 22. Why is Montag having a difficult time getting up, aside from the fact that his leg hurt? 23. What does Montag hear in the Seashell? 24. To where does Montag realize he is running? 25. Why was Montag having such a difficult time getting across the street? 26. When Montag is in the gas station’s restroom he hears an announcement. What has been declared, and why is this event appropriate in relation to what Montag is going through? 27. What realization does Montag have about who almost hit him with their car? What saved him from being hit by the car? 28. What does Montag do to the Black family? 29. Why does Faber say he “feels alive for the first time in years”? 30. Where does Faber suggest Montag go? Who lives there? Why doesn’t the government bother them? 31. Where does Faber say he is going? Why is he going there? 32. What has been brought from a different district to track down Montag? 33. Why does Montag tell Faber to burn the bed spread and the chair? 34. Why doesn’t Faber give Montag another “green bullet”? 35. Why does Montag drink whiskey and douse Faber’s suitcase with whiskey? 36. Why is Montag taking Faber’s dirty clothes with him? 37. What does Montag watch on the parlor walls? 38.What do the police suggest everyone do at the same time? What does this request suggest about their society? 39. What did Montag do when he got to the river? What do you think the river might symbolize? *************************************************************************************************** 40. What stops following Montag once he reaches the river? 41. What does Montag see in the sky for the first time in years?