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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. What is the reaction of nature to the end of human existence in the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains"?
(a) Nature is puzzled and uncertain.
(b) Nature is unaware and indifferent.
(c) Nature grieves the loss of humankind.
(d) Nature celebrates the end of humankind.

2. "The house tried to save itself" is an example of which technique?
(a) Personification.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Alliteration.

3. "Mr. Featherstone" is an example of what literary technique?
(a) Oxymoron.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Epithet.
(d) Kenning.

4. The line "And swallows circling with their shimmering sound" is an example of which technique?
(a) Personification.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Parallelism.
(d) Metaphor.

5. What does Bradbury compare the chemical fire-fighting foam to?
(a) Clouds.
(b) Elephants.
(c) Seafoam.
(d) Snakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. The robot mice are said to live in "warrens." This means that they live in what?

2. Which is the best descriptor of the mood of the scene in the study, where the poem is read and music plays as a cigar slowly burns down to ash?

3. What is the first thing that the voice-clock announces?

4. What can be seen on the house's west wall?

5. What does the house do with the uneaten breakfast?

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