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

2. 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?
(a) Frantic and chaotic.
(b) Haunting and ironic.
(c) Amusing and nostalgic.
(d) Tragic and melodramatic.

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

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

5. Who does the story imply is still alive in the city?
(a) A few scientists.
(b) The wealthy.
(c) No one.
(d) Some animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. From two thirty-five to four o'clock, what can readers infer that the family would ordinarily be doing?

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

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

4. What happens at ten-fifteen?

5. To what does Bradbury compare folding tables?

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