"There Will Come Soft Rains" Benchmark Aligned Quiz

Identify two themes in both the poem and the short story as discussed in the document.

• War is pointless.

• Man is destructive.

• Dawn signifies a new beginning.

• Nature will prevail no matter what.

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

How does Bradbury contrast the dog's perspective from the house's in paragraphs 21-23?

• The dog is excited about breakfast, while the house is indifferent.

• The dog is aware of the dangers outside, while the house shows compassion.

• The dog is desperate for food and comfort, while the house carries on with tasks.

• The dog and the house both miss the owners equally.

Through what means does the author develop the perspectives of the dog and the house in the text?

• Through their thoughts over breakfast.

• Through their actions within the house.

• Through their feelings on the nuclear bomb.

• Through their dialogue concerning the missing dwellers.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

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CCSS.RL.3.1

How does Sara Teasdale use rhyme in the poem cited in paragraph 40?

• She uses a single couplet with onomatopoeia at the end.

• She uses end rhyme to emphasize an ab/ab rhyme scheme.

• She uses repetition and rhyme schemes to develop a rhythmic pattern.

• She uses assonance and white space to establish the song-like structure.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

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CCSS.RL.7.10

"And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn

Would scarcely know that we were gone."

What effect does personification in stanza 6 of the poem have, according to paragraph 40?

• It signifies a woman startled by emptiness.

• It represents a woman enjoying the nature around her.

• It illustrates a woman waking up afraid of being alone.

• It portrays a woman who will not realize that mankind is gone.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

“The front door recognized the dog voice and opened. The dog, once huge and fleshy, but now gone to bone and covered with sores, moved in and through the house, tracking mud. Behind it whirred angry mice, angry at having to pick up mud, angry at inconvenience.” (paragraph 19)

How does the irony in the excerpt from paragraph 19 advance the pathos appeal in the text?

• The irony emphasizes how the house hates anything that interferes with the time it must keep and the reader is unaware of the loss of life.

• The irony reveals how the house prefers everything to be timely and the reader is reflective on the advances in technology.

• The irony reveals how the reader connects to the pain of the dog and the house tries to save the dog but doesn't know how.

• The irony emphasizes how the house corrects what it sees as imperfections, and the reader sees the lack of humanity in these corrections.

“There was the sound like a great matted yellow hive of bees within a dark bellows, the lazy bumble of a purring lion.” (Paragraph 35)

How does the author's use of simile in paragraph 35 support the overall appeal of the passage?

• It appeals to the logic of the reader, by describing the exact sounds one would hear in a house fire.

• It appeals to the emotions of his audience, by describing the effects of nature versus technology.

• It appeals to the credibility of the author, by showing how knowledgeable he is with safari animals in nature.

• It appeals to the animal rights activists, by showing the consequences of keeping wild animals in one's home.

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CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

What is the meaning of "silhouette" as used in the text?

• Shape

• Heels

• Mirror

• Wall

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Which option lists the phrases that best help determine the meaning of "silhouette" in the text?

• In paint of a man mowing a lawn, a woman bent to pick flowers, their images burned on wood, hands raised to catch a ball

• A photograph, a brown ball, the image of a thrown ball, hands raised

• A small boy, a thrown ball, a photograph, the entire west face of the house

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

How does the setting of a house in a literary text develop the characters and plot according to the passage provided? Select a sentence that describes how the setting of a house develops the characters and plot in the passage. (R.1.1)

• It serves as a location where characters on the outside can seek refuge.

• It builds to the climax by having proximity between the dog and its owners.

• It causes the house to interact as a character because there are non-existent inhabitants.

• It introduces the conflict by providing a place where there are no signs of human life and everyday behavior.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3