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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) Alliteration.
(b) Personification.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Paradox.

2. What causes the fire to eventually win the battle with the house?
(a) The rain stops.
(b) The fire reaches the house's "brain" in the attic.
(c) The wind creates flames so intense the house cannot fight them.
(d) The house stops defending itself.

3. What does the house do with the uneaten breakfast?
(a) Leaves it sitting on the table with the rest of the uneaten meals.
(b) Puts it in the refrigerator.
(c) Throws it away.
(d) Scrapes it into the dog's dish.

4. Where are the "aluminium roaches and iron crickets"?
(a) In the walls.
(b) In the garage.
(c) In the yard.
(d) In the nursery.

5. What is the reaction of nature to the end of human existence in the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains"?
(a) Nature is puzzled and uncertain.
(b) Nature grieves the loss of humankind.
(c) Nature celebrates the end of humankind.
(d) Nature is unaware and indifferent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about the images of the African animals?

2. Why does the dog want to get into the kitchen so badly?

3. At one point, Bradbury says that the house has a "preoccupation" with self-protection. What must be true about the house?

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

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

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