View a FREE sample

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 effect is the constant repetition and rhyming of the voice-clock probably meant to have?
(a) It demonstrates a positive attitude toward technology.
(b) It stresses the forgetfulness of the family.
(c) It echos the language of fairy tales and nursery rhymes.
(d) It reinforces the similarity of everything that the voice clock says.

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

3. What happens to the dog when it cannot get into the kitchen?
(a) It scratches through the door.
(b) It leaves the house.
(c) It runs through the house breaking things.
(d) It dies.

4. From two thirty-five to four o'clock, what can readers infer that the family would ordinarily be doing?
(a) They would still be at work and school.
(b) Having friends over to eat and listen to the radio.
(c) Cleaning.
(d) Playing cards and having a snack.

5. What does the dog do once it gets inside the house?
(a) It looks through the house for the family's other dog.
(b) It barks at every door.
(c) It begins eating the spoiled food.
(d) It falls asleep in the nursery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the image of the west wall meant to allude to?

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

3. Who is Baal?

4. What does Bradbury say that the house is angry about when the dog shows up?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 345 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample