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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 robot mice are said to live in "warrens." This means that they live in what?
(a) Networks of tunnels.
(b) Small boxes.
(c) Plastic sleeves.
(d) Racks.

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

3. What allusion is present in the weather box's announcement of the rain?
(a) There is a reference to a very old folk tune, often sung by children.
(b) There is a reference to a Greek myth about rain and death.
(c) There is a reference to a popular book of Bradbury's time.
(d) There is a reference to a famous Dutch painting.

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

5. Why does the dog want to get into the kitchen so badly?
(a) It thinks the family is in the kitchen.
(b) The rest of the house is filling with smoke.
(c) The house has begun making pancakes.
(d) Its food dish is in the kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date does the story begin?

2. What is the job of the robot mice?

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

4. The use of sentence fragments in the description of the spreading fire is probably intended to create what effect?

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

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