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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 say is like "an altar with ten-thousand attendants"?
(a) The incinerator.
(b) The city.
(c) The house.
(d) The yard.

2. From two thirty-five to four o'clock, what can readers infer that the family would ordinarily be doing?
(a) Playing cards and having a snack.
(b) Having friends over to eat and listen to the radio.
(c) They would still be at work and school.
(d) Cleaning.

3. What is thematically important about the cause of the fire in the kitchen?
(a) The fire is started when the natural world intrudes into the house.
(b) The fire is started by the family dog.
(c) The fire is started when the house's elaborate machinery begins to break down.
(d) The fire is started when one of the cleaning mice knocks over a cleaning product.

4. At one point, Bradbury says that the house has a "preoccupation" with self-protection. What must be true about the house?
(a) It does not see a reason to try to protect itself.
(b) It is willing to do terrible things to protect itself.
(c) It is constantly trying to protect itself.
(d) It is bored by the idea of protecting itself.

5. On what date does the story begin?
(a) August 6.
(b) April 4.
(c) August 4.
(d) April 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the garage do when no one drives the car away?

2. Where are the "aluminium roaches and iron crickets"?

3. During the fire, what does Bradbury compare the house's dialogue to?

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

5. What does Bradbury metaphorically compare the house to?

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