Questions

1. What is written on the firemen's helmets? And what are the two professional symbols that Montag

wears?

What is written on the firemen's helmets?

Number 451 is written on their helmets.

Explanation:

Fahrenheit 451 is Ray Bradbury's 1953 dystopian novel. Set in the future, the novel includes a story about "firemen" - men who work for the government and track people who still possess books in order to burn them with flamethrowers. Number 451 stands for the temperature at which paper starts to burn, and it is written on the firemen's helmets so that people can identify them.

And what are the two professional symbols that Montag  wears?

A salamander and a phoenix.

Explanation:

Guy Montag, the protagonist of the story, works as a fireman as well. Apart from the number 451 emblazoned on his helmet, there are two other symbols on a fireman's uniform: a salamander on his arm and a phoenix on his chest. According to a legend, salamanders are animals that can survive high temperatures and flames. As such, they have a symbolic meaning for the firemen, who also need to be "immune" to the flames. The phoenix also has a symbolic meaning, as a mythical bird that regenerates and is born again from the flames.

the speech this question is referring to is president kennedy's special message to the congress on urgent national needs, may 25, 1961

kennedy responds in a very direct and concrete way to those thinking that communism is a positive system:

"yet their aggression is more often concealed than open. they have fired no missiles; and their troops are seldom seen. they send arms, agitators, aid, technicians and propaganda to every troubled area. but where fighting is required, it is usually done by others--by guerrillas striking at night, by assassins striking alone--assassins who have taken the lives of four thousand civil officers in the last twelve months in vietnam alone--by subversives and saboteurs and insurrectionists, who in some cases control whole areas inside of independent nations." (kennedy)

president kennedy presents communism as cowardly, as a hidden and treacherous weapon that strikes from the shadows like thieves, he represents the system as not even being capable of showing and open and overt attack or confrontation. to finish up the response, he expresses that the system attacks even a country's idependence and freedom.

your answer is b. tense. hope this .