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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. For Bachelard, what do primal images of nests and shells offer to a person?
(a) They suggest a return to the womb.
(b) They offer a cure for claustrophobia.
(c) They allow a person safe and pleasurable withdrawal into his corner.
(d) They offer freedom to create poetry.

4. The author proposes that loving the space in a house that opens to anywhere is an example of what?
(a) Poetic irony.
(b) Objective irony.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Desire to move to a new house.

5. A corner is a half-box between what two entities as described by Bachelard?
(a) Vertical and horizontal.
(b) Flat and three-dimensional.
(c) Freedom and entrapment.
(d) Inside and outside.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which statement does Bachelard determine is most indicative of attic fears?

2. A woodpecker pecking in a tree can be compared to what in the author's continuing metaphor?

3. In the opinion of Bachelard, a corner is a place of what sort of motion?

4. Memories and images of previous dwelling places converge where according to the author?

5. Childhood is held motionless, states Bachelard, by dreaming of what?

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