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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. For Bachelard, topophilia can be described in what way?
(a) The nature of a plot of land, whether flat or sloped.
(b) Happy space that is eulogized and enjoyed.
(c) Fear of steep hillsides.
(d) Fears related to a house's interior space.

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

3. Bachelard spent the majority of his career in what occupation?
(a) Architect.
(b) Scientist.
(c) Poet.
(d) Psychoanalyst.

4. Childhood is held motionless, states Bachelard, by dreaming of what?
(a) Nursery rhymes.
(b) Stick-figure drawings.
(c) The phenomenology of motherhood.
(d) The house where one was born.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As understood by Bachelard, a house features which two seemingly conflicting dimensions?

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

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

5. A phenomenologist considers what regarding a house?

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