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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. To what does Bradbury compare folding tables?
(a) Butterflies.
(b) Folded hands.
(c) Oysters,
(d) Books.

2. 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 celebrates the end of humankind.
(c) Nature is puzzled and uncertain.
(d) Nature is unaware and indifferent.

3. What can be seen on the house's west wall?
(a) Broken glass.
(b) Water beginning to seep in at the foundation.
(c) The silhouettes of the family.
(d) A huge crater.

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

5. What happens at ten o'clock?
(a) The robot mice go back to their burrows.
(b) A stray animal wanders through the kitchen.
(c) The kitchen begins to make a second breakfast.
(d) The sun comes out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is thematically important about the cause of the fire in the kitchen?

2. What does Bradbury compare to Baal?

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

4. Why do the robot mice come out when they do?

5. What does the garage do when no one drives the car away?

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