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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what iconic Van Gogh image does the author compare a bird's nest on the ground?
(a) Sunflower.
(b) Thatched cottage.
(c) Childhood home.
(d) Corn stalk.

2. What does a metaphor present?
(a) A tangible object described in full detail.
(b) An intangible object described in full detail.
(c) A tangible object as an intangible notion that is otherwise difficult to express.
(d) An intangible object as a tangible notion that is otherwise difficult to express.

3. Who claimed that no man can build a nest as well as a small animal or bird?
(a) Vlaminck.
(b) Pasternak.
(c) Pare.
(d) Van Gogh.

4. Memories and images of previous dwelling places converge where according to the author?
(a) The new house.
(b) Poetry.
(c) The soul.
(d) The imagination.

5. What is forgotten by Milosz's cynical character?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Recent happy times.
(c) Everything.
(d) Childhood memories.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a primal image symbolic of a man keeping vigil according to Bachelard?

2. Bergson called drawers concepts into which what is classified?

3. For psychoanalysts, what do conflicted locks and keys in dreams symbolize?

4. Bachelard believes that philosophers are condemned by their equals to live on which floor of a house, metaphorically speaking?

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

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