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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. Which level of a house is protected with strong beams and rafters, and, states the author, has darkness that disappears in daylight?
(a) Every level.
(b) The main living area.
(c) The attic.
(d) The cellar.

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

3. What are resonances as defined by Bachelard?
(a) Externalities, that which we hear.
(b) Externalities, that which we say.
(c) Internalities, that which we say.
(d) Internalities, that which we hear.

4. As explained in "The House, from Cellar to Garret . . .," what is the main benefit of a house?
(a) To define boundaries.
(b) To create cities.
(c) To shelter daydreaming.
(d) To protect property.

5. Psychoanalysis of artwork is primarily an analysis of what?
(a) Mental stability.
(b) Isolated poetic images.
(c) The personality of the artist.
(d) Market value of art.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a primal image symbolic of a man keeping vigil according to Bachelard?

2. A poetic image is independent of what according to Bachelard?

3. According to Bachelard's topoanalysis, what term can be used to describe city apartments?

4. A phenomenologist considers what regarding a house?

5. What are reverberations as defined by Bachelard?

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