Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Nosy Personal Questions

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Nosy Personal Questions Related to the Reading & Study of the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Fahrenheit 451 Please respond to the following questions without identifying anyone from your answers.

Fahrenheit 451 1. How many hours of TV do you watch per week? Figure this by adding up approximately how many hours per day you watch. 2. How many hours do you spend listening to music per day? Include time with the radio on or your MP3 player. b. Do you use headphones? 3. Do you listen to music while you sleep? 4. How many hours of video games do you play per week? 5. How many hours per week do you spend on the computer? 6. How many books have you read in the last 6 months? Do not include books you had to read for school.

Fahrenheit 451 7. How many hours during your waking time do you spend not interacting with the media per week (no music, TV, computer, cell phones etc.)? Do NOT include school time! 8. How many hours per week do you spend on homework? 9. Do you listen to music or watch TV when doing homework or studying? 10. Have you ever memorized a radio or TV jingle? How about a TV theme song? If so, give an example. Did you intentionally try to memorize this? 11. At the current rate of growth in size and quality, what do you think TV screens will be like in the future? 12. What are the three favorite topics of conversation among you and your friends?

Fahrenheit 451 13. How many, or what percentage, of your peer group do you know to have been involved in a violent incident? (a fight, a car accident, etc.) 14. What percentage of your friends do you think have been involved in some form of vandalism? 15. Do you know any people who have had an abortion? 16. What percentage of people in your peer group do you know use recreational drugs? 17. What percentage of people do you know use legal drugs to control stress, anxiety or depression? 18. Do you know anyone personally who has tried to commit suicide?

Fahrenheit 451 19. Think of your five closest neighbours. Using a scale of 1 to 10, how well would you say you really know them? 20. On a scale of 1 to 10, how well do you understand each of the following: a. The policies of the current provincial government b. The policies of the current federal government c. Canada’s foreign policy

Fahrenheit 451 21. What percentage of your peer group do you feel has been given a pass without learning anything? 22. How many hours/week do you spend practicing or playing sports at your busy sport time? 23. Do you have an ATM (debit) card? How often do you use it weekly? 24. How many TV’s, video game consoles, VCRs, computers or DVD players are there in your home(s)? 25. How large is the largest TV? 26. Do you have surround sound at home?