Short Stories

The Point of View (POV) of "There Will Come Soft Rains" is:

• 1st Person

• 2nd Person

• 3rd Person Limited

• 3rd Person Omniscient

Three important symbols in "There Will Come Soft Rains" are ​ (a)   , ​ (b)   and ​ (c)   .

• the house

• the fire

• the clock

• the sprinkler system

• the nursery

• the children's hour

• the nuclear bomb

Which of the following is NOT a theme of "There Will Come Soft Rains"?

• Nature will continue long after humans are gone.

• Humans might one day be the cause of their own destruction.

• Time keeps moving forward.

• If you make poor decisions, you might one day regret them.

8. "There Will Come Soft Rains" describes the dog's behavior: "The dog ran upstairs, hysterically yelping to each door, at last realizing, as the house realized, that only silence was here." The underlined words emphasize that the mood of this passage is:

• hopeful

• abandoned

• sympathetic

• longing

What is the conflict within "The Sniper"

• Internal Man vs Man

• External: Man vs Society

• External Man vs Man

• Internal: Man vs Himself

In "There Will Come Soft Rains", what do the poem and the short story have in common?

• The same person wrote both

• The theme that nature will always triumph over technology

• The idea that technology is superior to nature

• They were both written after World War 2

What is a protagonist?

• A minor character in a narrative.

• The main character in a story.

• The antagonist in a story.

• The setting of the story.

What is the main theme of the short story 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson?

• Tradition and its dangers

• The power of love

• The importance of family

• The beauty of nature

In the short story 'The Tell-Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe, what literary device is primarily used to create suspense?

• Foreshadowing

• Irony

• Symbolism

• Imagery

Which of the following best describes the narrative style of 'The Gift of the Magi' by O. Henry?

• First-person

• Second-person

• Third-person limited

• Third-person omniscient