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

2. "Mr. Featherstone" is an example of what literary technique?
(a) Kenning.
(b) Epithet.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Oxymoron.

3. What is the image of the west wall meant to allude to?
(a) Similar silhouettes at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
(b) An asteroid strike.
(c) The Biblical flood.
(d) A recent riot in Los Angeles.

4. What is the probable purpose of emphasizing the roundness of the smoke plume and the great quantity of smoke?
(a) It reminds the reader of a nuclear explosion.
(b) There is an implied comparison to a woman's skirts.
(c) It reinforces the "technology versus nature" motif.
(d) It points out how little chance the house really had.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the house let the dog in?

3. What is the job of the robot mice?

4. The line "And swallows circling with their shimmering sound" is an example of which technique?

5. Who is the author of the poem that the house reads after dinner?

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