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Fahrenheit 451 Test Flashcards

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This is a book of ________. It is a _________ that what we have is _______, and that sometimes we take what we value for ________.

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warning, reminder, valuable, granted

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Dystopic Novel: about a _______ that is _____, ______, and _______.

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bleak, dark, dreary

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Themes:
____________: the _________ or deletion of ___________material which may be considered __________, ___________, ________, or _________ to the _________ or __________ organizations as determine by a censor.

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censorship, suppression, communicative, objectionable, harmful, sensitive, inconvenient, government, media

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________ 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 ______.

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Ignorance, learning, ability, decisions, ability, think, led, wrong

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We’re also going to see: _________ control through ________.
__________ and _______ manipulates _________ _________ and _________
Think back to the short story Harrison Bergeron

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Government, technology, physically, mentally, people’s thoughts, behaviors

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Propaganda
_______ or _____ group using __________ information to ________ people to believe with them.
Remember the use of propaganda in the novel Animal Farm.

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government, political, false/half-true, persuade

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Conformity
_______ that _______ the accepted ______ of a _______ or ______, and is the same as that of most people

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behavior, obeys, rules, society, group

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Terms and Devices to Look for
Epiphany: _______________

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a sudden realization

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Paradox: something that

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contradicts itself but is true

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Symbolism: something that

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represents something else

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Title of part one: “The Hearth and the Salamander”
________ contains a _________ in a home

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Hearth, fire

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_____________ was once ________ to be able to ______ in ________.

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Salamander, believed, live, flames.

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Title of part two: “The Sieve and the Sand” A _________ is used for ________ materials

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sieve, straining

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Simile and Metaphor: __________ two __________ things

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comparing, unlike

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A simile uses _________ or ________ and a metaphor DOES OR DOES NOT

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like or as, does not

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a leading character in a story who, unlike a traditional hero, lacks conventional heroic qualities such as idealism, courage, and morality.

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Antihero

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The novel was written in a time when the world was threatened by ____________, new technologies were emerging and the world was getting ________.

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nuclear war, smaller

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1950 - President ___________ approves production of ____________

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Harry Truman, hydrogen bomb

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1951 - ________ is first broadcast across the country

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Television

20
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__________ & __________ Rosenberg are convicted and sentenced to death for passing information on _______ to the ______.

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Julius, Ethel, atomic weapons, USSR

21
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1952 - Fashion, people, and society are very __________. People are generally ___________ of each other, the _________, __________, and _________.

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conservative, respectful, government, religion, life

22
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1954 - The _____________________ wrote in Brown vs. the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas that ____________________ in schools was illegal.

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U.S. Supreme Court, racial segregation

23
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US Senator _____________________ begins a televised anti- _________ witch hunt. This became known as “____________”.

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Joseph McCarthy, Communist, McCarthyism

24
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Basically the ______ War revolved around the fact that: the USA was a ____________ country where people could do what they want, become _______ and have ________.

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Cold, Democratic, rich, freedoms

25
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The ____________ (USSR) was _________, which meant people listened to the _________, lived _________, and shared _________.

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Soviet Republic, communist, government, equally, shared

26
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The United States declared ________ countries to be _________. The US government wanted everyone to think Communists were ______ so they spread around ______________________.

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Communist, enemies, evil, hate propaganda.

27
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___________ accused random people he didn’t like of being Communists, which ruined their lived

A

McCarthy

28
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1956 - _______________________ took the ______ world by storm with his five #1 songs on the Billboard Music Chart.

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Elvis Presley, music

29
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________ Noyce and Jack ________ invent the ________.

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Robert, Kilby, microchip

30
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1957 - The __________ launches the ________, the first __________.

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Soviet Union, Sputnik, artificial satellite

31
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CHARACTERS: _____________ - local fireman and protagonist. Montag is also the name of paper company

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Guy Montag

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____________ - Guy’s sickly wife

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Mildred Montag

33
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_________ - Captain of the fire department

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Captain Beatly

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___________ - a well read English professor whom Guy has known before the events of the book. _____ is also the name of a pencil company.

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Professor Faber, Faber

35
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_____________- A 17 year old curious minded outcast that fascinates Guy with her outlook on life

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Clarisse MClellan

36
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_________- Leader of the “Book People” and wants to preserve books

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Granger

37
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND FAHRENHEIT 451:
Ray Bradbury lived ______ - ______.

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1920 - 2012

38
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Grew up in _______ and later moved to ___________ with his family

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Illinois, Los Angeles

39
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Began writing around the age of ___ so that he could ______ on forever in his _______.

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12, live, works

40
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Became known as one of the most creative _____________ writers

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science fiction

41
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His most known pieces of literature are his short story collections _____________ and ____________ with his most known piece of writing being ____________.

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The Martian Chronicles, Dark Carnival, Fahrenheit 451

42
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Bradbury won the ___________ for literature in 2004.

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Pulitzer Prize

43
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The novel was inspired by real ______ events that impacted the author’s life

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life

44
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“__________” - fear of __________

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McCarthyism, communism

45
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what kind of lifestyle?

A

1950s

46
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What war was going on at the time?

A

Cold War

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