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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. According to the author, what sort of thought entails "either/or" with no middle ground?
(a) Scientific thought.
(b) Memory.
(c) Phenomenology.
(d) Ontology.

2. Bachelard realized his acquired knowledge in science was inadequate to understand what?
(a) The poetic imagination.
(b) The real estate market.
(c) The intricacies of architecture.
(d) The field of psychoanalysis.

3. In Bachelard's topoanalysis, in which level of a house does common sense live?
(a) Stairways.
(b) The attic.
(c) The cellar.
(d) The ground floor.

4. What does Bachelard believe is an antidote for claustrophobia?
(a) Light colors.
(b) Spending time away from one's house.
(c) Stairways.
(d) Dynamic houses that open back out to the universe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Valery's knowledge of geometry failed him in what regard?

2. Bachelard theorizes that dreams of nests inspire what?

3. When a phenomenologist observes an extravagant daydream, what does the psychoanalyst see?

4. Who imagined a bird turning round to form its nest externally with its breast?

5. Which professional professes to understand and interpret images?

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