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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. Poetic imagery is real, according to Bachelard, even though it is not subject to what?
(a) Rules of grammar.
(b) Rules of logic.
(c) Rules of household order.
(d) Rules of the marketplace.

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

3. Ultimately, as explained in "The House, from Cellar to Garret . . .," what can be used to communicate with other souls?
(a) Emerging from one's home to experience the world.
(b) Poetry or daydreaming.
(c) Music.
(d) Spirituality.

4. Memories and images of previous dwelling places converge where according to the author?
(a) The imagination.
(b) Poetry.
(c) The soul.
(d) The new house.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For Bachelard, breaking from the principles of scientific prudence is necessary in order to do what?

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

3. What are reverberations as defined by Bachelard?

4. Why is the city house no longer cosmic for the author?

5. What is another word for ontology?

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