The Pedestrian

What might the author, Ray Bradbury, be commenting on?

• Society's lack of interest in personal interaction

• Society's complete dependence on technology and the resulting dangers

• Society's laziness

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How does Mr. Mead's profession act as a threat to society in "The Pedestrian"?

• Writing no longer exists as a profession and is therefore irrelevant
• Writing involves creativity and individuality, traits clearly not welcomed in this society
• Mr. Mead can potentially reveal the secrets of the society in which he lives

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3. Why does the author refer to the people in their homes as “gray phantoms?”

• A. he’s implying that they are full of life

• B. he’s implying that they are lifeless

• C. he’s implying that they are curious

• D. he’s implying that they are scared

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7. Identify the figurative language in this sentence: “It was not unequal to walking through a graveyard.”

• alliteration

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

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"The Pedestrian" is told from the

• first-person point of view

• second-person point of view

• third-person limited

• third-person omniscient

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The tone of this story can be described as

• humorous and sly

• romantic and optimistic

• cynical and chilling

• matter-of-fact

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Which of the following quotations reveals the theme of "The pedestrian"?

• "There was a good crystal frost in the air; it cut the nose and made the lungs blaze like a Christmas tree inside....."

• "... he could imagine himself upon the center of a plain, a wintry, windless Arizona desert with no house in a thousand miles,..."

• "The tombs, ill-lit by television light, where the people sat like the dead, the gray or multi-colored lights touching their faces, but never really touching them."

• "Was that a murmur of laughter from within a moon-white house?"

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Leanard Mead could BEST be described as:

• Non-Conformist

• Dependant

• Closed-Minded

• Intimidating

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Ray Bradbury uses all of the following techniques to convey his message in his short story "The Pedestrian" EXCEPT:

• Imagery

• Characters & Dialogue

• Facts & Statistics

• Figurative Language

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In "The Pedestrian," "faintest glimmers of firefly light" is an example of:

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Imagery

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