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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "There Will Come Soft Rains".
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is the author of the poem that the house reads after dinner?
(a) Longfellow.
(b) Bradbury.
(c) Teasdale.
(d) Thomas.
2. What does "feathery fire" describe in the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains"?
(a) The color of the rays of the sun coming over the horizon.
(b) The movement of feathers in the sunshine.
(c) The movement of flames destroying the earth.
(d) The color of a male robin's breast.
3. What has happened to the city around the house?
(a) It has been leveled by an earthquake.
(b) It has been flooded by massive rains.
(c) It has been flooded by a burst dam.
(d) It has been leveled by a bomb.
4. Which is the best summary of how the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains" compares to the short story of the same name?
(a) The poem focuses more on the survival of a world without humans.
(b) The poem is more hopeful about humankind's future.
(c) The poem is a darker version of the same ideas contained in the short story.
(d) The poem focuses more on the role of technology in humankind's demise.
5. At one point, Bradbury says that the house has a "preoccupation" with self-protection. What must be true about the house?
(a) It is bored by the idea of protecting itself.
(b) It is willing to do terrible things to protect itself.
(c) It is constantly trying to protect itself.
(d) It does not see a reason to try to protect itself.
Short Answer Questions
1. What causes the fire to eventually win the battle with the house?
2. In the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains," the plum trees are in "tremulous" white. Readers can infer that this refers to what?
3. Just before the house collapses, what does it do?
4. What is the name of the family that owned the house?
5. From two thirty-five to four o'clock, what can readers infer that the family would ordinarily be doing?
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