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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Due to the intimacy of cherished objects, states Bachelard, housework can become what sort of activity?
(a) Group.
(b) Mundane.
(c) Recreational.
(d) Creative.

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

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

4. For Bachelard, the well-being of a nest diminishes what?
(a) The need for poetic expression.
(b) Scientific objectivity.
(c) The desire to find a new home.
(d) Hostility of the world.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What can be said of a closed box, in the opinion of Bachelard?

3. Contrary to the intellectual philosopher, states Bachelard, a poet may use words in what way?

4. Why is the city house no longer cosmic for the author?

5. Egg, nest, house, country, and universe are images of what, in the opinion of Bachelard?

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