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

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

3. When the narrator tells readers that it seems like the voice-clock is worried that no one will get up, this is an example of what technique?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Flashback.

4. What can be seen on the house's west wall?
(a) The silhouettes of the family.
(b) Water beginning to seep in at the foundation.
(c) A huge crater.
(d) Broken glass.

5. What does Bradbury say that the house is angry about when the dog shows up?
(a) That the family is not with it.
(b) That the dog is probably contagious.
(c) The disturbance to its routine.
(d) Needing to clean up the mud from its feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains," the plum trees are in "tremulous" white. Readers can infer that this refers to what?

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

3. "The house tried to save itself" is an example of which technique?

4. Which room recreates the sights, sounds, and smells of the African savanna?

5. What allusion is present in the weather box's announcement of the rain?

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