Fahrenheit 451 Test Flashcards
This is a book of ________. It is a _________ that what we have is _______, and that sometimes we take what we value for ________.
warning, reminder, valuable, granted
Dystopic Novel: about a _______ that is _____, ______, and _______.
bleak, dark, dreary
Themes:
____________: the _________ or deletion of ___________material which may be considered __________, ___________, ________, or _________ to the _________ or __________ organizations as determine by a censor.
censorship, suppression, communicative, objectionable, harmful, sensitive, inconvenient, government, media
________ of Knowledge: Bradbury focuses on the importance of ________ and how it impacts our ______ to make _______. He believes that without the _______ to _______ about what we are doing, we’ll be ____ to do ______.
Ignorance, learning, ability, decisions, ability, think, led, wrong
We’re also going to see: _________ control through ________.
__________ and _______ manipulates _________ _________ and _________
Think back to the short story Harrison Bergeron
Government, technology, physically, mentally, people’s thoughts, behaviors
Propaganda
_______ or _____ group using __________ information to ________ people to believe with them.
Remember the use of propaganda in the novel Animal Farm.
government, political, false/half-true, persuade
Conformity
_______ that _______ the accepted ______ of a _______ or ______, and is the same as that of most people
behavior, obeys, rules, society, group
Terms and Devices to Look for
Epiphany: _______________
a sudden realization
Paradox: something that
contradicts itself but is true
Symbolism: something that
represents something else
Title of part one: “The Hearth and the Salamander”
________ contains a _________ in a home
Hearth, fire
_____________ was once ________ to be able to ______ in ________.
Salamander, believed, live, flames.
Title of part two: “The Sieve and the Sand” A _________ is used for ________ materials
sieve, straining
Simile and Metaphor: __________ two __________ things
comparing, unlike
A simile uses _________ or ________ and a metaphor DOES OR DOES NOT
like or as, does not
a leading character in a story who, unlike a traditional hero, lacks conventional heroic qualities such as idealism, courage, and morality.
Antihero
The novel was written in a time when the world was threatened by ____________, new technologies were emerging and the world was getting ________.
nuclear war, smaller
1950 - President ___________ approves production of ____________
Harry Truman, hydrogen bomb
1951 - ________ is first broadcast across the country
Television
__________ & __________ Rosenberg are convicted and sentenced to death for passing information on _______ to the ______.
Julius, Ethel, atomic weapons, USSR
1952 - Fashion, people, and society are very __________. People are generally ___________ of each other, the _________, __________, and _________.
conservative, respectful, government, religion, life
1954 - The _____________________ wrote in Brown vs. the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas that ____________________ in schools was illegal.
U.S. Supreme Court, racial segregation
US Senator _____________________ begins a televised anti- _________ witch hunt. This became known as “____________”.
Joseph McCarthy, Communist, McCarthyism
Basically the ______ War revolved around the fact that: the USA was a ____________ country where people could do what they want, become _______ and have ________.
Cold, Democratic, rich, freedoms
The ____________ (USSR) was _________, which meant people listened to the _________, lived _________, and shared _________.
Soviet Republic, communist, government, equally, shared
The United States declared ________ countries to be _________. The US government wanted everyone to think Communists were ______ so they spread around ______________________.
Communist, enemies, evil, hate propaganda.
___________ accused random people he didn’t like of being Communists, which ruined their lived
McCarthy
1956 - _______________________ took the ______ world by storm with his five #1 songs on the Billboard Music Chart.
Elvis Presley, music
________ Noyce and Jack ________ invent the ________.
Robert, Kilby, microchip
1957 - The __________ launches the ________, the first __________.
Soviet Union, Sputnik, artificial satellite
CHARACTERS: _____________ - local fireman and protagonist. Montag is also the name of paper company
Guy Montag
____________ - Guy’s sickly wife
Mildred Montag
_________ - Captain of the fire department
Captain Beatly
___________ - a well read English professor whom Guy has known before the events of the book. _____ is also the name of a pencil company.
Professor Faber, Faber
_____________- A 17 year old curious minded outcast that fascinates Guy with her outlook on life
Clarisse MClellan
_________- Leader of the “Book People” and wants to preserve books
Granger
ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND FAHRENHEIT 451:
Ray Bradbury lived ______ - ______.
1920 - 2012
Grew up in _______ and later moved to ___________ with his family
Illinois, Los Angeles
Began writing around the age of ___ so that he could ______ on forever in his _______.
12, live, works
Became known as one of the most creative _____________ writers
science fiction
His most known pieces of literature are his short story collections _____________ and ____________ with his most known piece of writing being ____________.
The Martian Chronicles, Dark Carnival, Fahrenheit 451
Bradbury won the ___________ for literature in 2004.
Pulitzer Prize
The novel was inspired by real ______ events that impacted the author’s life
life
“__________” - fear of __________
McCarthyism, communism
what kind of lifestyle?
1950s
What war was going on at the time?
Cold War
