AD Short Stories

The Terminal Beach by J. G. Ballard

In 1943 Ballard's family . . . ?

• were sent to internment camps

• immigrated to Britain

• fought in WW2

• began publishing novels

The Terminal Beach by J. G. Ballard

Ballard's work usually focused on?

• lack of humanity

• misuse of technology

• perfect societies

• space travel

The Terminal Beach by J. G. Ballard

Why was Traven on the island of Eniwetok?

• random selection

• it was the testing location for the U.S.

• it was the testing location for the U.S.S.R

• it is fictional

Who is Osborne?

• a researcher on the aftermath of the atomic bomb

• a stranded soldier

• a biologist

• his wife

The Terminal Beach by J. G. Ballard and There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury

Why was August 5th mentioned?

• it is Traven's birthday

• the day Hiroshima was bombed

• the day before Hiroshima was bombed

• the day after Nagasaki was bombed

There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury

What was Bradbury's first major success in writing?

• Fahrenheit 451

• The Martian Chronicles

• Cat's Cradle

• The Crucible

There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury

How did the house catch ablaze?

• lightening struck the house

• fireplace got out of control

• flammable material spilled on the stove

• volcano eruption

There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury

Where did the title of this originally come from?

• a poem published by Sara Teasdale

• a poem by John McCrae

• a book by John Hersey

• a book published by Bradbury

There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury

The Martian Chronicles alternates between criticisms of ?

• human shortsightedness

• lack of humanity

• hopeful meditations

• vicious greed

Report on the Threatened City by Doris Lessing

Southern Rhodesia is the modern-day nation of?

• Niger

• South Sudan

• Chad

• Zimbabwe