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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 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) Metaphor.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Flashback.

2. 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.

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

4. 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.

5. What does Bradbury compare to Baal?
(a) The incinerator.
(b) The stove.
(c) The dog.
(d) The house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is strange about how the nursery reacts to the fire?

2. To what story do the robot mice allude?

3. Who is the author of the poem that the house reads after dinner?

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

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

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