Ray Bradbury's Fiction Quiz

What is the setting of the story?

• A.D. 2153

• A.D. 1953

• A.D. 2053

• A.D. 1853

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What does Mr. Leonard Mead love to do in the city?

• Stay indoors

• Walk at night

• Play music

• Drive a car

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What does Mr. Mead see in the houses as he walks at night?

• Open doors and loud music

• Dark windows and faint glimmers of light

• Bright lights and people dancing

• Colorful decorations and laughter

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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What is the reason for the reduced police force in the city?

• New technology replacing police

• Decreased crime rate

• Increased crime rate

• Lack of funding

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What is the police car's response when Mr. Mead says he is a writer?

• Disregards his profession

• Ignores his response

• Laughs at him

• Asks for proof

Where does the police car take Mr. Mead?

• To a movie theater

• To a psychiatric center

• To a library

• To a restaurant

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

What is the genre of Ray Bradbury's writing?

• Romance

• Biography

• Thriller

• Fantasy and science fiction

The "cloverleaf intersection" is what literary device?

• Visual imagery

• Hyperbole

• Irony

• Simile

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Name this literary device:

"grey phantoms"

• Irony

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Auditory imagery

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

Name this device:

"...not unlike walking through a graveyard..."

• Irony

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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