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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Dialectics of Outside and Inside.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Egg, nest, house, country, and universe are images of what, in the opinion of Bachelard?
(a) The universe.
(b) Wonders of nature.
(c) Poetic fancy.
(d) The inhabiting function.

2. Ultimately, as explained in "The House, from Cellar to Garret . . .," what can be used to communicate with other souls?
(a) Emerging from one's home to experience the world.
(b) Poetry or daydreaming.
(c) Spirituality.
(d) Music.

3. Central to the author's main theme in "Nests," how does a simple image avoid intimidation?
(a) Repetition.
(b) Color.
(c) Majesty.
(d) Rhythm and rhyme.

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

5. How is Tom Thumb killed?
(a) By a grain of dust.
(b) By a snail.
(c) By the footsteps of a larger man.
(d) By the kick of an ant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bachelard theorizes that an observer must pass through what sort of threshold to experience an inversion of perspective?

2. When memories reside in parts of a house, which of the following is true in the author's opinion?

3. Baudelaire used the term "vast" to describe what?

4. Which is the best description of "La Redousse"?

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

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