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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. When the windows break and the wind makes the fire grow and spread, which thematic motif is reinforced?
(a) Nature and the house are in opposition.
(b) The house is a part of nature.
(c) The house is evil.
(d) Technology can be dangerous.

2. When the narrator tells readers that it seems like the voice-clock is worried that no one will get up, this is an example of what technique?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Flashback.
(d) Metaphor.

3. What does Bradbury say is like "an altar with ten-thousand attendants"?
(a) The incinerator.
(b) The yard.
(c) The house.
(d) The city.

4. What does Bradbury say that the house is angry about when the dog shows up?
(a) The disturbance to its routine.
(b) That the dog is probably contagious.
(c) That the family is not with it.
(d) Needing to clean up the mud from its feet.

5. What "delicacies" does the fire consume upstairs?
(a) Paintings by well-known artists.
(b) The children's toys.
(c) Vinyl record albums by famous singers.
(d) The clothing of every member of the family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens at ten-fifteen?

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

3. Why does the house let the dog in?

4. What is the name of the poem that the house reads after dinner?

5. At one point, Bradbury says that the house has a "preoccupation" with self-protection. What must be true about the house?

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