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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ultimately, as explained in "The House, from Cellar to Garret . . .," what can be used to communicate with other souls?
(a) Poetry or daydreaming.
(b) Music.
(c) Spirituality.
(d) Emerging from one's home to experience the world.

2. Contrary to the intellectual philosopher, states Bachelard, a poet may use words in what way?
(a) To create false illusions.
(b) For sensitivity rather than precision.
(c) For rhythm and rhyme, rather than meaning.
(d) To describe the origins of man.

3. How does Bachelard refer to words?
(a) Shells that conceal identies.
(b) Leaves in an endless forest.
(c) Locked boxes filled with mysteries.
(d) Little houses with their own sense of space.

4. What is a primal image symbolic of a man keeping vigil according to Bachelard?
(a) A man dreaming of poetic imagery.
(b) A hermit's hut.
(c) A childhood home.
(d) A vacant house.

5. Who noted that inside seems cozier when the outside weather is severe?
(a) Bachelard.
(b) Bosco.
(c) Baudelaire.
(d) Rilke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is contained within Milosz's corners?

2. For Bachelard, what do primal images of nests and shells offer to a person?

3. With what did Pasternak identify the nest?

4. To what iconic Van Gogh image does the author compare a bird's nest on the ground?

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

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