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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 the first thing that the voice-clock announces?
(a) It is raining.
(b) Time for work.
(c) Time for breakfast.
(d) Time to get up.

2. What happens at ten-fifteen?
(a) The house shuts itself down.
(b) The sprinklers begin watering the lawn.
(c) The nursery walls come to life.
(d) A window breaks.

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

4. During the fire, what does Bradbury compare the house's dialogue to?
(a) A person's last words.
(b) The epilogue of a play.
(c) The poem "There Will Come Soft Rains."
(d) A nursery rhyme.

5. What historical event is alluded to with the date given in the beginning of the story?
(a) The bombing of Hiroshima.
(b) The beginning of the Cold War.
(c) The beginning of World War II.
(d) The first testing of a nuclear bomb.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which room recreates the sights, sounds, and smells of the African savanna?

2. On what date does the story begin?

3. What "delicacies" does the fire consume upstairs?

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

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

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