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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 use of sentence fragments in the description of the spreading fire is probably intended to create what effect?
(a) Apathy and resignation.
(b) Confusion and doubt.
(c) Chaos and speed.
(d) Distance and irony.

2. Who is Baal?
(a) An Egyptian pharaoh.
(b) A pre-Christian god.
(c) A Mesopotamian warrior.
(d) The dog that guards hell in Greek mythology.

3. What has happened to the city around the house?
(a) It has been flooded by massive rains.
(b) It has been leveled by a bomb.
(c) It has been flooded by a burst dam.
(d) It has been leveled by an earthquake.

4. Which room recreates the sights, sounds, and smells of the African savanna?
(a) The living room.
(b) The nursery.
(c) The bathroom.
(d) The kitchen.

5. During the fire, what does Bradbury compare the house's dialogue to?
(a) The epilogue of a play.
(b) A person's last words.
(c) A nursery rhyme.
(d) The poem "There Will Come Soft Rains."

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 does Bradbury metaphorically compare the house to?

3. When the story ends, what is left standing?

4. What does the house provide after dinner?

5. In the image of animals, the panther is said to be "cavorting." What is this panther doing?

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