Fahrenheit 451 Part 3: "Burning Bright" Questions

Fahrenheit 451 Part 3: “Burning Bright” Questions
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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?
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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?
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40. What stops following Montag once he reaches the river?
41. What does Montag see in the sky for the first time in years?

42. Because the _____________________ wouldn’t stop burning, Montag would. (142). What does this
mean?
43. What does Montag think of when he smells the hay?
44. What did Montag think was looking at him?
45. What was it that was looking at him?
46. What did Montag hit with his foot?
47. What was the single fact that Montag could not prove? How do you interpret this?
48. What does Montag see?
49. What do the men offer Montag?
50. What is the name of the man who is talking to Montag?
51. What is the colorless fluid in the small bottle supposed to do?
52. Why is the chase still going on if the police have lost Montag?
53. What does Montag see in the portable viewer?
54. How was it possible that not even Montag’s friends would recognize that the man they caught
wasn’t him?
55. What were the professions of the hobos/ book people?
56. Where is Montag keeping the Book of Ecclesiastes?
57. What does Granger tell Montag about the function of our memories?
58. How can Granger and the other book people be considered book burners?
59. What does Granger think their job is?
60. What kind of surgery have some of the men had? Why?
61. According to Granger, why will it take quite a few years to share the contents of the books
stored in their memories with other people?
62. How many book people exist?
63. Why do you believe all of the book people are men? No women are mentioned.
64. How does Montag feel about Mildred still being in the city?

65. What was Granger’s philosophy of life, taught to him by his grandfather, and handed on to
Montag?
66. What does Montag see happening in the city?
67. Describe the effects of war on Mildred and on the city as Montag imagined them.
68. What does Montag finally remember about Mildred?
69. What other book does Montag realize he has remembered?
70. How many other cities and nations were destroyed by the bombs?
71. What does Granger compare man to? What is the significance?
72. As Granger points out, why might books not be helpful in the future?
73. What kind of factory does Granger say they are going to build? What is the significance/
symbolism of that factory?
74. Why are the men walking back to the city at the end of the novel?
75. What is the promise at the end of the novel? In other words, what will happen to the book
people and to the city?
76. Why is the Book of Ecclesiastes so relevant to the end of the novel? (see page 12 of your study
packet)

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What is the connection between Montag and Icarus that Beatty refers to?

What is the connection between Montag and Icarus that Beatty refers to?

Who is the 'little idiot' that Beatty refers to and why is this person called an 'idiot'?

Who is the 'little idiot' that Beatty refers to and why is this person called an 'idiot'?

Fahrenheit 451 Part 3: “Burning Bright” Questions

5. What does Montag suspect Mildred of doing?

6. What does Beatty say is the real beauty of fire?

9. What does Beatty say to Montag as he is finishing burning the house?

12. What did Beatty do to Montag?

14. What does Beatty say he will do with the radio?

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?

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23. What does Montag hear in the Seashell?

24. To where does Montag realize he is running?

28. What does Montag do to the Black family?

31. Where does Faber say he is going? Why is he going there?

34. Why doesn’t Faber give Montag another “green bullet”?

36. Why is Montag taking Faber’s dirty clothes with him?

37. What does Montag watch on the parlor walls?

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43. What does Montag think of when he smells the hay?

44. What did Montag think was looking at him?

45. What was it that was looking at him?

46. What did Montag hit with his foot?

48. What does Montag see?

49. What do the men offer Montag?

50. What is the name of the man who is talking to Montag?

53. What does Montag see in the portable viewer?

55. What were the professions of the hobos/ book people?

56. Where is Montag keeping the Book of Ecclesiastes?

59. What does Granger think their job is?

62. How many book people exist?

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66. What does Montag see happening in the city?

68. What does Montag finally remember about Mildred?

69. What other book does Montag realize he has remembered?

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