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

2. What are two opposing truths introduced by Bachelard in "Corners" regarding corners?
(a) Corners can be real or imaginary.
(b) One can be at peace in a corner or can be cornered there.
(c) Corners can be solid or weak.
(d) Corners can be clean or neglected.

3. In folklore and poetry, as described by Bachelard, how is image size transposed?
(a) Larger with the passage of time.
(b) Back and forth from large to small.
(c) Image size has no meaning.
(d) Smaller with the loss of memories.

4. What does Bachelard say makes miniatures of all things seen?
(a) Thoughts of the universe's infiniteness.
(b) Distance to the horizon.
(c) Consideration of the nest and the shell.
(d) Thoughts of death and afterlife.

5. After fish swim into the shell of the shellfish, what does the pea-crab do?
(a) Steal the fish from the shellfish.
(b) Nibble at the shellfish body as a signal to close.
(c) Open its shell.
(d) Eat the shellfish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are resonances as defined by Bachelard?

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

3. With what did Pasternak identify the nest?

4. Due to the intimacy of cherished objects, states Bachelard, housework can become what sort of activity?

5. A corner is a half-box between what two entities as described by Bachelard?

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