Asked by jun

Where are the human beings in “There Will Come Soft Rains”?
A. They are at work or at school.
B. They have moved to a different city.
C. They have been killed by a nuclear bomb.
D. They are being held prisoner in the basement of an automated house.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
C. They have been killed by a nuclear bomb.

The story shows the automated house continuing its routines after the inhabitants are dead (silhouetted burned bodies on the wall, no people return), implying they were killed in a nuclear blast.