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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. In the sentence "The morning house lay empty," there is an example of which technique?
(a) Parallelism.
(b) Punning.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Passive voice.

2. What does the house provide after dinner?
(a) Music and hot chocolate.
(b) Games and snacks.
(c) A warm bath.
(d) A fire and a cigar.

3. What is the house compared to as it burns to the ground?
(a) A bomb.
(b) A skeleton.
(c) A cigar.
(d) A bonfire.

4. Why does the house let the dog in?
(a) It is an accident.
(b) It recognizes the dog.
(c) It is programmed to let in any dog or cat.
(d) It wants the dog to find the family.

5. During the fire, what does Bradbury compare the house's dialogue to?
(a) The poem "There Will Come Soft Rains."
(b) A person's last words.
(c) A nursery rhyme.
(d) The epilogue of a play.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bradbury say is like "an altar with ten-thousand attendants"?

2. What is the name of the family that owned the house?

3. To what famous dog is this dog an allusion?

4. Just before the house collapses, what does it do?

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

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