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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 house tried to save itself" is an example of which technique?
(a) Personification.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

2. 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?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Flashback.

3. 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 evil.
(c) Nature and the house are in opposition.
(d) The house is a part of nature.

4. Who is Baal?
(a) The dog that guards hell in Greek mythology.
(b) An Egyptian pharaoh.
(c) A Mesopotamian warrior.
(d) A pre-Christian god.

5. What causes the house to temporarily "give up" as the fire spreads?
(a) It has begun to rain outside.
(b) The house is ready to "die."
(c) There is no more water.
(d) The house is waiting for the flames to reach the attic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains," the plum trees are in "tremulous" white. Readers can infer that this refers to what?

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

4. To what does the phrase "the children's hour" allude?

5. What happens to the dog when it cannot get into the kitchen?

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