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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. What can be said of a closed box, in the opinion of Bachelard?
(a) It inspires the poetic spirit.
(b) It represents forgotten memories.
(c) It represents the human need for secrecy and confinement.
(d) It has more to see and experience than an open chest.

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

3. What is anthropo-cosmology?
(a) The transformation of a human body and soul after death.
(b) The transformation of a human body and soul when moving to a new house.
(c) The transformation of a house-like object after it receives human body and soul.
(d) The transformation of a house-like object when it is torn down.

4. According to Bachelard's topoanalysis, what term can be used to describe city apartments?
(a) Superimposed cellars.
(b) Ultra-cellars.
(c) Superimposed boxes.
(d) Ultra-boxes.

5. For Bachelard, why is the inner space of a wardrobe an intimate space?
(a) When closed, the inner space disappears.
(b) Not everyone sees it.
(c) Clothing is part of one's persona.
(d) Clothing reveals dreams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What description does Bachelard give to Bergson's drawer metaphor?

2. What is a center of order in a house, according to Bachelard?

3. When should metaphor be used, in Bachelard's opinion?

4. Which is the least significant element in the composition of a poem in Bachelard's opinion?

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

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