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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Drawers, Chests and Wardrobes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For Bachelard, topophilia can be described in what way?
(a) The nature of a plot of land, whether flat or sloped.
(b) Happy space that is eulogized and enjoyed.
(c) Fear of steep hillsides.
(d) Fears related to a house's interior space.

2. Bachelard explains that the relationship between a small box and a person's psychology of secrecy is known as what?
(a) Anthropo-cosmology.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Cosmology.
(d) Homology.

3. Bachelard spent the majority of his career in what occupation?
(a) Architect.
(b) Psychoanalyst.
(c) Poet.
(d) Scientist.

4. What does a metaphor present?
(a) An intangible object described in full detail.
(b) A tangible 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.

5. What is another word for ontology?
(a) Causality.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Beingness.
(d) Psychoanalysis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are resonances as defined by Bachelard?

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

3. As explained in "The House, from Cellar to Garret . . .," what is the main benefit of a house?

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

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

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