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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. In the sentence "The morning house lay empty," there is an example of which technique?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Parallelism.
(c) Passive voice.
(d) Punning.

2. What causes the house to temporarily "give up" as the fire spreads?
(a) It has begun to rain outside.
(b) The house is ready to "die."
(c) There is no more water.
(d) The house is waiting for the flames to reach the attic.

3. In the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains," the plum trees are in "tremulous" white. Readers can infer that this refers to what?
(a) Ash.
(b) Butterflies.
(c) Blossoms.
(d) Snow.

4. Bradbury mentions that martinis "manifested" on tables. What did the martinis do?
(a) Sparkled.
(b) Appeared.
(c) Evaporated.
(d) Spilled.

5. The robot mice are said to live in "warrens." This means that they live in what?
(a) Networks of tunnels.
(b) Small boxes.
(c) Plastic sleeves.
(d) Racks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the best summary of how the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains" compares to the short story of the same name?

2. The line "And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn," contains an example of which technique?

3. What happens at ten o'clock?

4. What does the dog do once it gets inside the house?

5. Why does the dog want to get into the kitchen so badly?

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