Name:
I.
Date:
Fahrenheit 451: “Burning Bright”
Period:
Vocabulary: Define the following in your own words and understand them when
they appear in the story.
1. simmer
2. reel
3. fumble
4. writhe
5. mannikin
6. instinctive
7. plummet
8. flail
9. phantom
10. exhalation
11. contaminate
12. hover
13. meteor
14. musk
15. wary
16. simultaneous
17. convolution
18. desolation
19. Ecclesiastes
Name:
II.
Date:
Period:
Literary Terms and Devices: Give the definition and identify or give an example for each.
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1. climax (definition):
(example, page #):
2. falling action (definition):
(example, page #):
3. resolution (definition):
(example, page #):
4. symbol (definition):
(example, page #):
5. theme (definition):
III.
(what is a theme of Fahrenheit 451?):
Characterization: Add to and complete a character sketch for each of the
following characters.
1. Guy Montag
2. Professor Faber
F451: “Burning Bright” Study Questions pages 113-165
1. What does Montag think Mildred has done? What is Mildred’s reaction?
2. What does Beatty say is the beauty of fire?
3. What does Beatty tell Montag to do?
4. What is Montag’s attitude while burning the house?
5. What does Montag do after he burns the house?
6. What does Montag do to the Mechanical Hound?
7. Why does Montag have a hard time getting up and running away?
8. What two things does Montag hear on the Seashell radio?
9. What happens when Montag tries to cross the street?
10. Who was in the car? What does Montag realize about them?
11. Whose house does Montag go to? What does he do there?
12. What does Montag believe about himself?
13. What does Faber feel for the first time in years? Why?
14. Where does Faber tell Montag to go? How does he help Montag?
15. Where does Faber plan to go?
16. How are the police planning to track Montag?
17. How does Montag evade the police and the Mechanical Hound?
18. What finally happens while Montag is floating in the river? What does he decide?
19. What does Montag imagine when he smells the hay?
20. “He was not empty” (144). Why is Montag no longer empty?
21. What is different about the fire he sees the woods? What does Montag realize about
fire?
22. What does Montag notice about the silence?
23. What are the voices discussing?
24. Who is Granger? What does he give Montag?
25. Why is the police chase still going on even though they lost Montag’s trail?
26. What does Montag see on the portable TV? How does Granger explain what happens
to Montag?
27. Why does Granger say Montag is important?
28. Why do Granger and the others burn books?
29. What is the wonderful thing about man?
30. Explain Granger’s story about his grandfather?
31. What happens in the city?
32. How does Montag imagine Mildred?
33. What does Montag finally remember?
34. Who is the first cousin to man? What is the significance of Granger’s comparison?
35. What are they going to build? Why?