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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. The use of sentence fragments in the description of the spreading fire is probably intended to create what effect?
(a) Chaos and speed.
(b) Confusion and doubt.
(c) Apathy and resignation.
(d) Distance and irony.

2. In the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains," the plum trees are in "tremulous" white. Readers can infer that this refers to what?
(a) Ash.
(b) Butterflies.
(c) Snow.
(d) Blossoms.

3. What is unusual about the images of the African animals?
(a) Their sizes.
(b) Their shapes.
(c) Their faces.
(d) Their colors.

4. On what date does the story begin?
(a) April 4.
(b) April 6.
(c) August 6.
(d) August 4.

5. Which is the best summary of how the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains" compares to the short story of the same name?
(a) The poem is a darker version of the same ideas contained in the short story.
(b) The poem focuses more on the survival of a world without humans.
(c) The poem focuses more on the role of technology in humankind's demise.
(d) The poem is more hopeful about humankind's future.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Bradbury compare the chemical fire-fighting foam to?

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

4. What has happened to the city around the house?

5. To what does the phrase "the children's hour" allude?

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