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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. For psychoanalysts, what do conflicted locks and keys in dreams symbolize?
(a) Repression.
(b) New discoveries.
(c) Sexual intimacy.
(d) Temptations.

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

3. The cooperative efforts of a blind shellfish and patron pea-crab exemplify what sort of behavior?
(a) Poetic.
(b) Symbiotic.
(c) Predatory.
(d) Rational.

4. Central to the argument in "The House, from Cellar to Garret . . .," which statement is most indicative of cellar fears?
(a) Cellar fears may be reasoned away.
(b) Cellar fears precede mental illness.
(c) Cellar fears indicate childhood trauma.
(d) Cellar fears take longer to fade, and remain tentative and unknown.

5. According to Bachelin, which is the oldest season?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who used a tree to evoke a sense of grandeur that magnifies to the tree's surroundings?

2. What, in the opinion of Bachelard, moves the dreamer into the world of infinity?

3. What is another word for ontology?

4. What is Bachelard's metaphor of the chrysalis?

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

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