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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 famous dog is this dog an allusion?
(a) Buck, from Call of the Wild.
(b) President Lincoln's dog.
(c) Cerberus.
(d) Odysseus's dog.

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

3. What is thematically important about the cause of the fire in the kitchen?
(a) The fire is started by the family dog.
(b) The fire is started when the natural world intrudes into the house.
(c) The fire is started when the house's elaborate machinery begins to break down.
(d) The fire is started when one of the cleaning mice knocks over a cleaning product.

4. The robot mice are said to live in "warrens." This means that they live in what?
(a) Networks of tunnels.
(b) Racks.
(c) Plastic sleeves.
(d) Small boxes.

5. In the image of animals, the panther is said to be "cavorting." What is this panther doing?
(a) Hunting.
(b) Playing.
(c) Eating.
(d) Sleeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the family that owned the house?

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

3. What does "feathery fire" describe in the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains"?

4. What causes the fire to eventually win the battle with the house?

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

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