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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. In the sentence "The morning house lay empty," there is an example of which technique?
(a) Parallelism.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Punning.
(d) Passive voice.

2. What causes the fire to eventually win the battle with the house?
(a) The house stops defending itself.
(b) The rain stops.
(c) The wind creates flames so intense the house cannot fight them.
(d) The fire reaches the house's "brain" in the attic.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the section about the nursery, Bradbury mentions the "sprockets" in the walls. What are "sprockets"?

2. What can be seen on the house's west wall?

3. The robot mice are said to live in "warrens." This means that they live in what?

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

5. At one point, Bradbury says that the house has a "preoccupation" with self-protection. What must be true about the house?

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