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

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

3. What does Bradbury metaphorically compare the house to?
(a) A zoo.
(b) A closed umbrella.
(c) An elderly unmarried woman.
(d) A bomb shelter.

4. 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) Cleaning.
(c) They would still be at work and school.
(d) Having friends over to eat and listen to the radio.

5. In the section about the nursery, Bradbury mentions the "sprockets" in the walls. What are "sprockets"?
(a) Cogwheels.
(b) Insects.
(c) Cameras.
(d) Robots.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the sentence "The morning house lay empty," there is an example of which technique?

2. What does Bradbury compare to Baal?

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

4. When the story ends, what is left standing?

5. Where are the "aluminium roaches and iron crickets"?

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