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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. To what does Bradbury compare folding tables?
(a) Folded hands.
(b) Oysters,
(c) Butterflies.
(d) Books.

2. Which room recreates the sights, sounds, and smells of the African savanna?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The living room.
(c) The bathroom.
(d) The nursery.

3. 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 is more hopeful about humankind's future.
(b) The poem focuses more on the role of technology in humankind's demise.
(c) The poem is a darker version of the same ideas contained in the short story.
(d) The poem focuses more on the survival of a world without humans.

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

5. From two thirty-five to four o'clock, what can readers infer that the family would ordinarily be doing?
(a) Playing cards and having a snack.
(b) They would still be at work and school.
(c) Cleaning.
(d) Having friends over to eat and listen to the radio.

Short Answer Questions

1. The use of sentence fragments in the description of the spreading fire is probably intended to create what effect?

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

3. What is the likely purpose of inserting the house's "dialogue" ("Help, help! Fire! Run, run!") into the scene that describes the fire consuming the house?

4. What is strange about how the nursery reacts to the fire?

5. To what story do the robot mice allude?

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