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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is anthropo-cosmology?
(a) The transformation of a house-like object after it receives human body and soul.
(b) The transformation of a house-like object when it is torn down.
(c) The transformation of a human body and soul after death.
(d) The transformation of a human body and soul when moving to a new house.

2. Valery's knowledge of geometry failed him in what regard?
(a) The ability to understand why a mollusk coils to the left or to the right.
(b) The ability to understand how the earth circumnavigates the sun.
(c) The ability to understand how a bird constructs a circular nest.
(d) The ability to understand the scope of nature.

3. After fish swim into the shell of the shellfish, what does the pea-crab do?
(a) Steal the fish from the shellfish.
(b) Nibble at the shellfish body as a signal to close.
(c) Open its shell.
(d) Eat the shellfish.

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

5. Which is the best description of "La Redousse"?
(a) A massive house, well fortified and set alone on an island.
(b) A massive house, well fortified and on a hillside above the city.
(c) A humble house with no apparent resistance on a hillside above the city.
(d) A humble house with no apparent resistance set alone on an island.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Bachelard say we experience a house buried in a blanket of snow in what way?

3. Due to the intimacy of cherished objects, states Bachelard, housework can become what sort of activity?

4. What is Bachelard's metaphor of the chrysalis?

5. Who noted that inside seems cozier when the outside weather is severe?

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