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

2. To what famous dog is this dog an allusion?
(a) Odysseus's dog.
(b) Buck, from Call of the Wild.
(c) President Lincoln's dog.
(d) Cerberus.

3. What is thematically important about the cause of the fire in the kitchen?
(a) The fire is started when one of the cleaning mice knocks over a cleaning product.
(b) The fire is started by the family dog.
(c) The fire is started when the natural world intrudes into the house.
(d) The fire is started when the house's elaborate machinery begins to break down.

4. At one point, Bradbury says that the house has a "preoccupation" with self-protection. What must be true about the house?
(a) It is bored by the idea of protecting itself.
(b) It does not see a reason to try to protect itself.
(c) It is constantly trying to protect itself.
(d) It is willing to do terrible things to protect itself.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the windows break and the wind makes the fire grow and spread, which thematic motif is reinforced?

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

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

4. What effect is the constant repetition and rhyming of the voice-clock probably meant to have?

5. "Seven-nine, breakfast time" is an example of which rhyming technique?

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