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

2. In the image of animals, the panther is said to be "cavorting." What is this panther doing?
(a) Eating.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Playing.

3. During the fire, what does Bradbury compare the house's dialogue to?
(a) A person's last words.
(b) The epilogue of a play.
(c) A nursery rhyme.
(d) The poem "There Will Come Soft Rains."

4. 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 willing to do terrible things to protect itself.
(c) It is bored by the idea of protecting itself.
(d) It is constantly trying to protect itself.

5. 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) Metaphor.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Flashback.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the phrase "the children's hour" allude?

2. What does Bradbury compare to Baal?

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

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

5. The robot mice are said to live in "warrens." This means that they live in what?

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