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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 is the house compared to as it burns to the ground?
(a) A bomb.
(b) A skeleton.
(c) A cigar.
(d) A bonfire.

2. In which city does the story take place?
(a) Allendale.
(b) Sacramento.
(c) Petaluma.
(d) San Francisco.

3. What does the garage do when no one drives the car away?
(a) Uses the car horn to alert the family.
(b) Announces again that it is time to go to work and to school.
(c) Starts the car remotely.
(d) Waits and then closes again.

4. "Mr. Featherstone" is an example of what literary technique?
(a) Oxymoron.
(b) Kenning.
(c) Epithet.
(d) Paradox.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bradbury compare the chemical fire-fighting foam to?

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

3. What does the dog do once it gets inside the house?

4. Bradbury mentions that martinis "manifested" on tables. What did the martinis do?

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

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