There Will Come Soft Rains

Who wrote the short story "There Will Come Soft Rains"?

• Kurt Vonnegut

• Alice Walker

• Ray Bradbury

• JD Salinger

What is the setting of "There Will Come Soft Rains"?

• Allendale, California

• Orlando, Florida

• San Diego, California

• Lincoln, Nebraska

What year was "There Will Come Soft Rains" published?

• 1950

• 2000

• 1918

• 1941

There Will Come Soft Rains was influenced by what historical events?

• Chernobyl

• World War 2

• World War 1

• Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Who wrote the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains"?

• Robert Frost

• Shel Silverstein

• Sara Teasdale

• Edgar Allan Poe

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There Will Come Soft Rains the poem was written after which war?

• The Cold War

• World War 1

• The Revolutionary War

• The Civil War

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What is the story's setting? 

•  January 17, 1948, following a nuclear blast.

• August 4, 2026, after a nuclear blast. 

• May 5, 2012 

• In the distant future.

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Why is the opening of the story ironic? "In the living room the voice-clock sang, 'Tick-tock, seven o'clock, time to get up, seven o'clock!' as if it were afraid that nobody would."

• It isn't really 7:00 AM

• There is no one in the house to get up and hear the clock.

• The story is set in the future, but clocks are still used.

• The clock says tick tock instead of actually ticking.

What is the main theme of "There Will Come Soft Rains"?

• The power of nature over technology

• The importance of family

• The beauty of art

• The strength of human will

Which literary device is predominantly used in "There Will Come Soft Rains"?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole