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What war recently ended before the novel was published?
What was World War II?
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What was invented during the 1950s and is accused of promoting obesity?
What is fast food?
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What war was occurring while the novel was being written ?
What is the Cold War?
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What form of major entertainment was created?
What is television?
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What was one current event Brad Bradbury wrote F451 in response to?
What is the removal and burning threat of books in the United States during the 1950's?
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What toy, still popular today among younger children, was invented in the 1950s. Hint: Circle
What is the Hula Hoop
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What kind of social commentary did Ray Bradbury mean to convey
What is mass media reducing the interest in consumption of literature
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What device was used instead of television?
what is the radio?
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What political practice did Bradbury parallel in the story of Fahrenheit 451
McCarthyism, accusations of treason related to socialism and communism, seen in F451 through books being criminalized?
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What major technological advancement was made in the 1950s, pertaining to computers
What is the invention of the Computer Modem (send and receive information)
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