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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. What is the probable purpose of emphasizing the roundness of the smoke plume and the great quantity of smoke?
(a) It reminds the reader of a nuclear explosion.
(b) It points out how little chance the house really had.
(c) It reinforces the "technology versus nature" motif.
(d) There is an implied comparison to a woman's skirts.

2. What historical event is alluded to with the date given in the beginning of the story?
(a) The beginning of the Cold War.
(b) The beginning of World War II.
(c) The bombing of Hiroshima.
(d) The first testing of a nuclear bomb.

3. What is the house compared to as it burns to the ground?
(a) A skeleton.
(b) A bomb.
(c) A bonfire.
(d) A cigar.

4. Who is the author of the poem that the house reads after dinner?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Teasdale.
(c) Longfellow.
(d) Bradbury.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Bradbury mentions that martinis "manifested" on tables. What did the martinis do?

2. What does "feathery fire" describe in the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains"?

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

4. In the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains," the plum trees are in "tremulous" white. Readers can infer that this refers to what?

5. Why does the dog want to get into the kitchen so badly?

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