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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. When the narrator tells readers that it seems like the voice-clock is worried that no one will get up, this is an example of what technique?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Flashback.

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

3. At one point, Bradbury says that the house has a "preoccupation" with self-protection. What must be true about the house?
(a) It is constantly trying to protect itself.
(b) It does not see a reason to try to protect itself.
(c) It is willing to do terrible things to protect itself.
(d) It is bored by the idea of protecting itself.

4. What does the breakfast stove make for breakfast?
(a) Eggs, toast, and bacon.
(b) Pancakes and bacon.
(c) Pancakes.
(d) Eggs and hash browns.

5. In which city does the story take place?
(a) Petaluma.
(b) Allendale.
(c) Sacramento.
(d) San Francisco.

Short Answer Questions

1. "The house tried to save itself" is an example of which technique?

2. Who is Baal?

3. What "delicacies" does the fire consume upstairs?

4. In the sentence "The morning house lay empty," there is an example of which technique?

5. What is strange about how the nursery reacts to the fire?

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