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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 is constantly trying to protect itself.
(b) It is willing to do terrible things to protect itself.
(c) It does not see a reason to try to protect itself.
(d) It is bored by the idea of protecting itself.

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

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

4. What is the likely purpose of inserting the house's "dialogue" ("Help, help! Fire! Run, run!") into the scene that describes the fire consuming the house?
(a) It reminds the reader of the death of the family.
(b) It reminds the reader that the house is a living thing.
(c) It reinforces how helpless and pointless the technology is in the face of nature's power.
(d) It clarifies the order in which the house is burning, because the house can still "speak."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the best descriptor of the mood of the scene in the study, where the poem is read and music plays as a cigar slowly burns down to ash?

2. What causes the fire to eventually win the battle with the house?

3. Which is the best summary of how the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains" compares to the short story of the same name?

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

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

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