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

2. What has happened to the city around the house?
(a) It has been leveled by an earthquake.
(b) It has been leveled by a bomb.
(c) It has been flooded by massive rains.
(d) It has been flooded by a burst dam.

3. What does "feathery fire" describe in the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains"?
(a) The movement of feathers in the sunshine.
(b) The movement of flames destroying the earth.
(c) The color of a male robin's breast.
(d) The color of the rays of the sun coming over the horizon.

4. Where are the "aluminium roaches and iron crickets"?
(a) In the yard.
(b) In the nursery.
(c) In the garage.
(d) In the walls.

5. To what does Bradbury compare folding tables?
(a) Folded hands.
(b) Books.
(c) Butterflies.
(d) Oysters,

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what date does the story begin?

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

4. What does the dog do once it gets inside the house?

5. 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?

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