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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. What is thematically important about the cause of the fire in the kitchen?
(a) The fire is started by the family dog.
(b) The fire is started when the natural world intrudes into the house.
(c) The fire is started when the house's elaborate machinery begins to break down.
(d) The fire is started when one of the cleaning mice knocks over a cleaning product.

2. What can be seen on the house's west wall?
(a) Water beginning to seep in at the foundation.
(b) Broken glass.
(c) A huge crater.
(d) The silhouettes of the family.

3. Who does the story imply is still alive in the city?
(a) A few scientists.
(b) Some animals.
(c) No one.
(d) The wealthy.

4. "Mr. Featherstone" is an example of what literary technique?
(a) Oxymoron.
(b) Epithet.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Kenning.

5. 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) Imagery.
(b) Flashback.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Foreshadowing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "feathery fire" describe in the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains"?

2. What does Bradbury compare to Baal?

3. When the story ends, what is left standing?

4. In the image of animals, the panther is said to be "cavorting." What is this panther doing?

5. The line "And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn," contains an example of which technique?

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