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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Valery, how does a mollusk build?
(a) From the inside as a living form.
(b) From the remains of old shells.
(c) From an instinctive poetic vision.
(d) From outside, to enter later for protection.

2. What is a dream house for Bachelard?
(a) A house accessible only in dreams.
(b) A home one dreams of owning or a home one purchases and alters.
(c) The largest house in the area.
(d) A house that exists only in the poetic mind.

3. What is the paradox of an old forest, as explained by the author?
(a) It seems infinite within its own boundaries.
(b) A forest is frightening yet offers a sense of security.
(c) A forest is old but contains new saplings.
(d) A forest seems real and concrete yet fantastic.

4. Which is the best description of Diole?
(a) Poet and painter.
(b) Pnemonologist.
(c) Scientist and entrepreneur.
(d) Psychologist and ontologist of under-sea life.

5. Bachelard prefers to use the term "vast" to describe what?
(a) The language of poets.
(b) The infinity of intimate space.
(c) The variety of words and meanings.
(d) Intimate meaning, including synthesis, perspective, unity and movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the eighteenth-century theory that states the purpose of life is to make shells?

2. The author theorizes that an unhappy child will draw what sort of a house?

3. When is the value of a house as intimate shelter most evident, according to Bachelard?

4. The objectivity of a house, states Bachelard, is separate from what?

5. Bachelard believes that rooms and houses are psychological diagrams writers and poets use to analyze what?

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