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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bachelard wrote of the menagerie of what?
(a) Human existence.
(b) The storm cloud.
(c) Animal life.
(d) The hurricane.

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

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

4. In the work of Milosz, how did he indicate that corners are not always safe?
(a) Corners are sometimes bug-filled.
(b) Corners can be hard and cold.
(c) Corners are pointy when inverted.
(d) Corners are sometimes hiding places.

5. How do psychoanalysts refer to the duality of self?
(a) Contained and universal.
(b) Poet and scientist.
(c) Introvert and extrovert.
(d) Open and closed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Central to the argument in "The House, from Cellar to Garret . . .," which statement is most indicative of cellar fears?

2. The painter, Vlaminck, compared the contentment of humans to what?

3. What is contained within Milosz's corners?

4. Who wrote of "La Redousse"?

5. When memories reside in parts of a house, which of the following is true in the author's opinion?

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