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

2. Which room recreates the sights, sounds, and smells of the African savanna?
(a) The bathroom.
(b) The living room.
(c) The nursery.
(d) The kitchen.

3. To what does the phrase "the children's hour" allude?
(a) A poem by Teasdale.
(b) A poem by Longfellow.
(c) A nursery rhyme.
(d) A fairy tale.

4. What happens at ten o'clock?
(a) The robot mice go back to their burrows.
(b) The kitchen begins to make a second breakfast.
(c) The sun comes out.
(d) A stray animal wanders through the kitchen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the probable purpose of emphasizing the roundness of the smoke plume and the great quantity of smoke?

2. The line "And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn," contains an example of which technique?

3. Which is the best summary of how the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains" compares to the short story of the same name?

4. What causes the house to temporarily "give up" as the fire spreads?

5. Who is Baal?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 315 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample