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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 the phrase "the children's hour" allude?
(a) A poem by Teasdale.
(b) A poem by Longfellow.
(c) A fairy tale.
(d) A nursery rhyme.

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

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

4. What is unusual about the images of the African animals?
(a) Their colors.
(b) Their shapes.
(c) Their sizes.
(d) Their faces.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens at ten o'clock?

3. To what does Bradbury compare folding tables?

4. "Seven-nine, breakfast time" is an example of which rhyming technique?

5. What does Bradbury metaphorically compare the house to?

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