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

2. What can be seen on the house's west wall?
(a) Broken glass.
(b) Water beginning to seep in at the foundation.
(c) A huge crater.
(d) The silhouettes of the family.

3. In the section about the nursery, Bradbury mentions the "sprockets" in the walls. What are "sprockets"?
(a) Cogwheels.
(b) Cameras.
(c) Insects.
(d) Robots.

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

5. What does Bradbury metaphorically compare the house to?
(a) A zoo.
(b) A bomb shelter.
(c) An elderly unmarried woman.
(d) A closed umbrella.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. When the narrator tells readers that it seems like the voice-clock is worried that no one will get up, this is an example of what technique?

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

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