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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. "Seven-nine, breakfast time" is an example of which rhyming technique?
(a) End rhyme.
(b) Eye rhyme.
(c) Slant rhyme.
(d) Identical rhyme.

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

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

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

5. 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?
(a) Amusing and nostalgic.
(b) Frantic and chaotic.
(c) Tragic and melodramatic.
(d) Haunting and ironic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what famous dog is this dog an allusion?

3. What is the likely purpose of inserting the house's "dialogue" ("Help, help! Fire! Run, run!") into the scene that describes the fire consuming the house?

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

5. During the fire, what does Bradbury compare the house's dialogue to?

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