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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 use of sentence fragments in the description of the spreading fire is probably intended to create what effect?
(a) Chaos and speed.
(b) Confusion and doubt.
(c) Apathy and resignation.
(d) Distance and irony.

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

3. What does "feathery fire" describe in the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains"?
(a) The movement of flames destroying the earth.
(b) The color of a male robin's breast.
(c) The movement of feathers in the sunshine.
(d) The color of the rays of the sun coming over the horizon.

4. 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) Flashback.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Imagery.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the section about the nursery, Bradbury mentions the "sprockets" in the walls. What are "sprockets"?

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

3. What is thematically important about the cause of the fire in the kitchen?

4. Who does the story imply is still alive in the city?

5. Who is Baal?

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