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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When the fire travels outside and up the sides of the house, it is described as what?
2. In the sentence "The morning house lay empty," there is an example of which technique?
3. What "delicacies" does the fire consume upstairs?
4. What allusion is present in the weather box's announcement of the rain?
5. At one point, Bradbury says that the house has a "preoccupation" with self-protection. What must be true about the house?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain what is ironic about the rain in the nursery scenery.
2. How do the cleaning mice allude to Cinderella, and what is the purpose of this allusion?
3. Explain how the pun in the line "The morning house lay empty" explains why the house is empty and foreshadows the story's later revelation of the family's fate.
4. What is the meaning of the silhouettes on the side of the house?
5. Explain what evidence there is that the house deliberately causes the dog's death.
6. What is the difference between the focus of Teasdale's poem and the focus of Bradbury's short story?
7. In what way is the house's "speech" like nursery rhymes, and what is the purpose of this choice?
8. What is the likely purpose of including mechanical creatures such as rats and roaches?
9. The garbage disposal in the kitchen is referred to as a "metal throat." What techniques are at use here, and what is their purpose?
10. What is the intended effect of juxtaposing the images of the silhouettes with the description of the house's continued paranoia about intruders?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose a device that Bradbury uses to convey meaning in "There Will Come Soft Rains." You might choose personification, allusion, imagery, diction, repetition, or any other device that you wish to write about--but remember that you need to connect its use to the overall meaning of the story.
Essay Topic 2
Read and then write an analysis of "What the Dead Man Said" by Chinelo Onwualu (available online). Your thesis should make a claim about the story's theme, and the rest of your essay should defend that claim.
Essay Topic 3
Imagine that you have been asked to write an updated version of Bradbury's story. Explain what details you would change in order to make the story more relevant to today's audiences, and tell why you would make these choices.
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