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

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

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

4. The robot mice are said to live in "warrens." This means that they live in what?
(a) Small boxes.
(b) Networks of tunnels.
(c) Plastic sleeves.
(d) Racks.

5. Who is Baal?
(a) The dog that guards hell in Greek mythology.
(b) An Egyptian pharaoh.
(c) A pre-Christian god.
(d) A Mesopotamian warrior.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bradbury say is like "an altar with ten-thousand attendants"?

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

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

4. Why does the house let the dog in?

5. What does Bradbury say that the house is angry about when the dog shows up?

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