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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what did Pasternak identify the nest?
(a) The world and its center.
(b) Poetry.
(c) The childhood house.
(d) Nature.

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

3. As explained in "The House, from Cellar to Garret . . .," what is the main benefit of a house?
(a) To protect property.
(b) To shelter daydreaming.
(c) To define boundaries.
(d) To create cities.

4. The objectivity of a house, states Bachelard, is separate from what?
(a) The objects it contains.
(b) Its decor.
(c) Subjective feelings and dreams.
(d) Subjective matters of taste and style.

5. For psychoanalysts, what do conflicted locks and keys in dreams symbolize?
(a) Sexual intimacy.
(b) New discoveries.
(c) Temptations.
(d) Repression.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the work of Milosz, how did he indicate that corners are not always safe?

2. What is a center of order in a house, according to Bachelard?

3. The author proposes that loving the space in a house that opens to anywhere is an example of what?

4. Bachelard wrote of the menagerie of what?

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

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