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

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

3. In which city does the story take place?
(a) Sacramento.
(b) Allendale.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Petaluma.

4. From two thirty-five to four o'clock, what can readers infer that the family would ordinarily be doing?
(a) They would still be at work and school.
(b) Having friends over to eat and listen to the radio.
(c) Playing cards and having a snack.
(d) Cleaning.

5. What is the first thing that the voice-clock announces?
(a) Time for breakfast.
(b) It is raining.
(c) Time for work.
(d) Time to get up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has happened to the city around the house?

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

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

4. On what date does the story begin?

5. What does the breakfast stove make for breakfast?

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