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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Nests.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bergson called drawers concepts into which what is classified?
(a) Experience.
(b) Knowledge or thinking.
(c) Psychological development.
(d) Dreams.

2. When should metaphor be used, in Bachelard's opinion?
(a) Rarely, only to add complexity to a poem.
(b) Rarely, only when words are inadequate.
(c) Frequently, to stimulate creativity.
(d) Frequently, to add color and variety to expression.

3. Bachelard theorizes that dreams of nests inspire what?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Fear of flying.
(c) A desire to have a home that opens to nature.
(d) Dreams of security.

4. To what iconic Van Gogh image does the author compare a bird's nest on the ground?
(a) Corn stalk.
(b) Sunflower.
(c) Childhood home.
(d) Thatched cottage.

5. When memories reside in parts of a house, which of the following is true in the author's opinion?
(a) The soul cannot be at peace unless residing in the childhood home.
(b) When a house is torn down, the memories fade.
(c) Dates of events are more important than the sense of where they occur.
(d) Dates of events are less important than the sense of where they occur.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Bachelard, which level of a house is always dark and shadowy, like the unconscious?

2. Bachelard wrote of the menagerie of what?

3. Bachelard, expanding on the work of Rilke, proposes that a box top, like the cover of a pot, may do what?

4. Who, according to Bachelard, is able to enter the hidden space of the extreme?

5. The philosopher Minkowski conducted an analysis of what?

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