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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. 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 house stops defending itself.
(d) The wind creates flames so intense the house cannot fight them.

2. When the story ends, what is left standing?
(a) One wall of the house.
(b) A distant building.
(c) A tree.
(d) Nothing.

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

4. What is the house compared to as it burns to the ground?
(a) A cigar.
(b) A bomb.
(c) A skeleton.
(d) A bonfire.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bradbury compare the chemical fire-fighting foam to?

2. Who is Baal?

3. What historical event is alluded to with the date given in the beginning of the story?

4. What does the dog do once it gets inside the house?

5. What happens at ten o'clock?

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