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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. To what famous dog is this dog an allusion?
2. Just before the house collapses, what does it do?
3. What allusion is present in the weather box's announcement of the rain?
4. What does Bradbury compare to Baal?
5. What does the garage do when no one drives the car away?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the intended effect of juxtaposing the images of the silhouettes with the description of the house's continued paranoia about intruders?
2. 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.
3. Describe the image that ends the story and explain its significance.
4. Explain the purpose of the story's allusion to Longfellow's poem "The Children's Hour."
5. What is the likely purpose of including mechanical creatures such as rats and roaches?
6. Explain the allusion to Odysseus's dog and how it functions in the story.
7. What is the purpose of ending the story with the house fire? Why not just end it with the reading of the Teasdale poem?
8. Explain what is ironic about the rain in the nursery scenery.
9. Explain what evidence there is that the house deliberately causes the dog's death.
10. How do the cleaning mice allude to Cinderella, and what is the purpose of this allusion?
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
Analyze the use of irony in "There Will Come Soft Rains." Explain both how irony is created and what purpose it serves in conveying meaning.
Essay Topic 3
Choose a piece of science fiction--a short story, novel, comic book, video game (that has a developed plot and characters), television show, etc. Think carefully about what messages this work is trying to send--not only about the future, but about the present. In two paragraphs, explain one message about the future and one message about the past, supporting your claims with textual details.
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