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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. To what does Bradbury compare folding tables?
(a) Oysters,
(b) Butterflies.
(c) Books.
(d) Folded hands.

2. What does the house do with the uneaten breakfast?
(a) Throws it away.
(b) Puts it in the refrigerator.
(c) Scrapes it into the dog's dish.
(d) Leaves it sitting on the table with the rest of the uneaten meals.

3. What is the reaction of nature to the end of human existence in the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains"?
(a) Nature is puzzled and uncertain.
(b) Nature is unaware and indifferent.
(c) Nature celebrates the end of humankind.
(d) Nature grieves the loss of humankind.

4. What has happened to the city around the house?
(a) It has been leveled by an earthquake.
(b) It has been leveled by a bomb.
(c) It has been flooded by massive rains.
(d) It has been flooded by a burst dam.

5. What does Bradbury compare to Baal?
(a) The dog.
(b) The stove.
(c) The house.
(d) The incinerator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What allusion is present in the weather box's announcement of the rain?

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

3. What is the image of the west wall meant to allude to?

4. In the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains," the plum trees are in "tremulous" white. Readers can infer that this refers to what?

5. Just before the house collapses, what does it do?

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