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

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

3. Just before the house collapses, what does it do?
(a) It begins performing multiple functions over and over.
(b) It shuts down entirely except for its "voice" function.
(c) It announces the wrong date and time.
(d) It dumps out all of the liquor, coffee, and milk in one last attempt to fight the fire.

4. What does Bradbury say is like "an altar with ten-thousand attendants"?
(a) The city.
(b) The yard.
(c) The incinerator.
(d) The house.

5. What "delicacies" does the fire consume upstairs?
(a) Paintings by well-known artists.
(b) The children's toys.
(c) The clothing of every member of the family.
(d) Vinyl record albums by famous singers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the poem that the house reads after dinner?

3. In which city does the story take place?

4. Which is the best descriptor of the mood of the scene in the study, where the poem is read and music plays as a cigar slowly burns down to ash?

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

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