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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. The robot mice are said to live in "warrens." This means that they live in what?
(a) Racks.
(b) Plastic sleeves.
(c) Small boxes.
(d) Networks of tunnels.

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

3. Who is Baal?
(a) A pre-Christian god.
(b) The dog that guards hell in Greek mythology.
(c) An Egyptian pharaoh.
(d) A Mesopotamian warrior.

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

5. Who is the author of the poem that the house reads after dinner?
(a) Bradbury.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Teasdale.
(d) Longfellow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about the images of the African animals?

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

3. "Mr. Featherstone" is an example of what literary technique?

4. What is thematically important about the cause of the fire in the kitchen?

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

(see the answer key)

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