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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. 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 bored by the idea of protecting itself.
(c) It is willing to do terrible things to protect itself.
(d) It is constantly trying to protect itself.

2. What "delicacies" does the fire consume upstairs?
(a) The clothing of every member of the family.
(b) Paintings by well-known artists.
(c) The children's toys.
(d) Vinyl record albums by famous singers.

3. What effect is the constant repetition and rhyming of the voice-clock probably meant to have?
(a) It echos the language of fairy tales and nursery rhymes.
(b) It demonstrates a positive attitude toward technology.
(c) It reinforces the similarity of everything that the voice clock says.
(d) It stresses the forgetfulness of the family.

4. Why does the dog want to get into the kitchen so badly?
(a) The house has begun making pancakes.
(b) The rest of the house is filling with smoke.
(c) Its food dish is in the kitchen.
(d) It thinks the family is in the kitchen.

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) Needing to clean up the mud from its feet.
(c) That the dog is probably contagious.
(d) The disturbance to its routine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing that the voice-clock announces?

2. What causes the house to temporarily "give up" as the fire spreads?

3. When the fire travels outside and up the sides of the house, it is described as what?

4. Why do the robot mice come out when they do?

5. What is the name of the poem that the house reads after dinner?

(see the answer key)

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