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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. The line "And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn," contains an example of which technique?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Personification.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Paradox.

2. Why does the house let the dog in?
(a) It is an accident.
(b) It wants the dog to find the family.
(c) It is programmed to let in any dog or cat.
(d) It recognizes the dog.

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

4. What effect is the constant repetition and rhyming of the voice-clock probably meant to have?
(a) It echos the language of fairy tales and nursery rhymes.
(b) It reinforces the similarity of everything that the voice clock says.
(c) It stresses the forgetfulness of the family.
(d) It demonstrates a positive attitude toward technology.

5. What has happened to the city around the house?
(a) It has been flooded by a burst dam.
(b) It has been leveled by an earthquake.
(c) It has been flooded by massive rains.
(d) It has been leveled by a bomb.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the family that owned the house?

2. 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?

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

4. Who is Baal?

5. What is the job of the robot mice?

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