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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The House, from Cellar to Garret, The Significance of the Hut.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Bachelard, which level of a house is always dark and shadowy, like the unconscious?
(a) The cellar.
(b) Every level.
(c) The attic.
(d) The sleeping level.

2. The works of Henri Bosco feature what areas, featuring connected passages with the possibility of escape?
(a) Mega-attics.
(b) Ultra-towers.
(c) Super-cellars.
(d) Ultra-cellars.

3. What is another word for ontology?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Causality.
(c) Beingness.
(d) Psychoanalysis.

4. Which professional professes to understand and interpret images?
(a) Psychoanalyst.
(b) Philosopher.
(c) Psychologist.
(d) Artist.

5. In the works of Edgar Allan Poe, murder and mayhem usually occur where?
(a) In dark attics.
(b) In childhood homes.
(c) In the imagination.
(d) In criminal cellars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bachelard spent the majority of his career in what occupation?

2. Which level of a house is protected with strong beams and rafters, and, states the author, has darkness that disappears in daylight?

3. Which statement does Bachelard determine is most indicative of attic fears?

4. Memories and images of previous dwelling places converge where according to the author?

5. Topo-analysis is useful for studying what?

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