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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 happens at ten-fifteen?
(a) The sprinklers begin watering the lawn.
(b) The nursery walls come to life.
(c) The house shuts itself down.
(d) A window breaks.

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

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

4. What does Bradbury compare to Baal?
(a) The incinerator.
(b) The stove.
(c) The house.
(d) The dog.

5. At one point, Bradbury says that the house has a "preoccupation" with self-protection. What must be true about the house?
(a) It is bored by the idea of protecting itself.
(b) It does not see a reason to try to protect itself.
(c) It is constantly trying to protect itself.
(d) It is willing to do terrible things to protect itself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What historical event is alluded to with the date given in the beginning of the story?

2. Which room recreates the sights, sounds, and smells of the African savanna?

3. What is the house compared to as it burns to the ground?

4. What happens at ten o'clock?

5. What effect is the constant repetition and rhyming of the voice-clock probably meant to have?

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