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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. When memories reside in parts of a house, which of the following is true in the author's opinion?
(a) Dates of events are more important than the sense of where they occur.
(b) The soul cannot be at peace unless residing in the childhood home.
(c) When a house is torn down, the memories fade.
(d) Dates of events are less important than the sense of where they occur.

2. What is a commitment of the soul according to the author?
(a) Psychoanalysis.
(b) Death.
(c) Shelter.
(d) Poetry.

3. The philosopher Minkowski conducted an analysis of what?
(a) Causality.
(b) Poetic imagery.
(c) Beingness.
(d) Reverberation.

4. What is Bachelard's metaphor of the chrysalis?
(a) From the sturdy chrysalis, the delicate butterfly emerges.
(b) From the unnoticed chrysalis, the flamboyant butterfly flies.
(c) From the cottage chrysalis, the winged manor flies.
(d) From the childhood chrysalis, the butterfly moves to a new house.

5. What is a dream house for Bachelard?
(a) A home one dreams of owning or a home one purchases and alters.
(b) A house accessible only in dreams.
(c) A house that exists only in the poetic mind.
(d) The largest house in the area.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bachelard believes that rooms and houses are psychological diagrams writers and poets use to analyze what?

2. In the works of Edgar Allan Poe, murder and mayhem usually occur where?

3. Who, according to Bachelard, is able to enter the hidden space of the extreme?

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

5. For Bachelard, why is the inner space of a wardrobe an intimate space?

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