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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 line "And swallows circling with their shimmering sound" is an example of which technique?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Personification.
(c) Parallelism.
(d) Metaphor.

2. To what does Bradbury compare folding tables?
(a) Butterflies.
(b) Oysters,
(c) Folded hands.
(d) Books.

3. To what story do the robot mice allude?
(a) Snow White.
(b) Little Red Riding Hood.
(c) Beauty and the Beast.
(d) Cinderella.

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

5. 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) Flashback.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Imagery.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what does the phrase "the children's hour" allude?

3. In the sentence "The morning house lay empty," there is an example of which technique?

4. What does Bradbury compare the chemical fire-fighting foam to?

5. What does "feathery fire" describe in the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains"?

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