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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. 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 is bored by the idea of protecting itself.
(c) It is willing to do terrible things to protect itself.
(d) It does not see a reason to try to protect itself.

2. What is thematically important about the cause of the fire in the kitchen?
(a) The fire is started when the natural world intrudes into the house.
(b) The fire is started when one of the cleaning mice knocks over a cleaning product.
(c) The fire is started when the house's elaborate machinery begins to break down.
(d) The fire is started by the family dog.

3. To what story do the robot mice allude?
(a) Little Red Riding Hood.
(b) Snow White.
(c) Cinderella.
(d) Beauty and the Beast.

4. Which is the best summary of how the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains" compares to the short story of the same name?
(a) The poem is a darker version of the same ideas contained in the short story.
(b) The poem is more hopeful about humankind's future.
(c) The poem focuses more on the role of technology in humankind's demise.
(d) The poem focuses more on the survival of a world without humans.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What causes the house to temporarily "give up" as the fire spreads?

3. Where are the "aluminium roaches and iron crickets"?

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

5. "Mr. Featherstone" is an example of what literary technique?

(see the answer key)

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