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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through House and Universe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bachelard believes that rooms and houses are psychological diagrams writers and poets use to analyze what?
(a) Poetic structure.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Architecture.
(d) Intimacy.

2. The objectivity of a house, states Bachelard, is separate from what?
(a) Subjective feelings and dreams.
(b) Subjective matters of taste and style.
(c) Its decor.
(d) The objects it contains.

3. As understood by Bachelard, a house features which two seemingly conflicting dimensions?
(a) House and home.
(b) Height and width.
(c) Poetry and science.
(d) Unity and complexity.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author theorizes that an unhappy child will draw what sort of a house?

2. A phenomenologist considers what regarding a house?

3. When memories reside in parts of a house, which of the following is true in the author's opinion?

4. For Bachelard, topophilia can be described in what way?

5. Bachelard realized his acquired knowledge in science was inadequate to understand what?

(see the answer key)

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