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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 famous dog is this dog an allusion?
(a) Buck, from Call of the Wild.
(b) Odysseus's dog.
(c) Cerberus.
(d) President Lincoln's dog.

2. What does Bradbury compare the chemical fire-fighting foam to?
(a) Elephants.
(b) Seafoam.
(c) Clouds.
(d) Snakes.

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

4. What causes the fire to eventually win the battle with the house?
(a) The rain stops.
(b) The house stops defending itself.
(c) The fire reaches the house's "brain" in the attic.
(d) The wind creates flames so intense the house cannot fight them.

5. What effect is the constant repetition and rhyming of the voice-clock probably meant to have?
(a) It echos the language of fairy tales and nursery rhymes.
(b) It demonstrates a positive attitude toward technology.
(c) It reinforces the similarity of everything that the voice clock says.
(d) It stresses the forgetfulness of the family.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which city does the story take place?

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

3. What is the name of the poem that the house reads after dinner?

4. What does the house provide after dinner?

5. To what does Bradbury compare folding tables?

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