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

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

3. Which is the best descriptor of the mood of the scene in the study, where the poem is read and music plays as a cigar slowly burns down to ash?
(a) Amusing and nostalgic.
(b) Frantic and chaotic.
(c) Tragic and melodramatic.
(d) Haunting and ironic.

4. What is strange about how the nursery reacts to the fire?
(a) The voice in the nursery walls begins singing an old children's song.
(b) The nursery deliberately opens its windows during the fire.
(c) The nursery is the only room that does not turn on its sprinklers.
(d) The animal images seem to be aware of the fire.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bradbury say is like "an altar with ten-thousand attendants"?

2. What "delicacies" does the fire consume upstairs?

3. What does Bradbury compare to Baal?

4. What is the likely purpose of inserting the house's "dialogue" ("Help, help! Fire! Run, run!") into the scene that describes the fire consuming the house?

5. What does the breakfast stove make for breakfast?

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