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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Faber, what is missing from most people’s lives, causing unhappiness?
(a) Quality
(b) Fulfilling jobs
(c) Love
(d) Education

2. Whose image do advertisers use to sell products?
(a) The President’s
(b) No one’s. Images in advertising are banned
(c) The Firemen’s
(d) Jesus’

3. Which Book does Montag take a special interest in and bring to Faber’s house?
(a) Romeo and Juliet
(b) War and Peace
(c) An American History textbook
(d) The Bible

4. What effect is reading having on Montag?
(a) He is becoming angry with the government
(b) He is falling out of love with his wife
(c) He is becoming confused about the meaning of life
(d) He is learning to think for himself

5. What poem does Montag read during his confrontation with Mildred?
(a) A Dream Deferred
(b) Dover Beach
(c) Apple Picking
(d) Sonnet XVI

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose house is scheduled to be burned at the end of Part Two?

2. How does Captain Beatty fit into Montag and Faber’s secret plan?

3. What interrupts Montag’s confrontation with Beatty?

4. What does Faber ask Montag to do on his way home from their first meeting?

5. Where is Mrs. Phelps' husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mildred do when the fire trucks arrive at her house in the beginning of Section Three?

2. What does Faber feel is an inevitable truth, and how does his belief affect Montag’s plan?

3. What is the meaning behind Section Two’s title, “The Sand and the Sieve”?

4. What does Montag do with the hidden books after Beatty leaves?

5. As Montag reads through the illegal books, what sound adds urgency to his search?

6. Who is professor Faber, and how does Montag know him?

7. Why does Faber consider himself a coward?

8. What tool does Faber give Montag for communication?

9. According to Faber, what has happened to the image of Jesus in their society?

10. Describe Mildred’s relationship with her television programs.

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