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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When memories reside in parts of a house, which of the following is true in the author's opinion?
(a) Dates of events are less important than the sense of where they occur.
(b) Dates of events are more important than the sense of where they occur.
(c) When a house is torn down, the memories fade.
(d) The soul cannot be at peace unless residing in the childhood home.

4. Bachelard uses what to illustrate the reality of poetic imagery?
(a) The idea of a painting.
(b) The idea of a house.
(c) Psychoanalysis.
(d) Science.

5. The author theorizes that an unhappy child will draw what sort of a house?
(a) Happy, with doorknobs and chimney smoke.
(b) Small and dark.
(c) Cold, motionless, and rigid.
(d) A dream house.

Short Answer Questions

1. The philosopher Minkowski conducted an analysis of what?

2. Poetic imagery is real, according to Bachelard, even though it is not subject to what?

3. Which is the least significant element in the composition of a poem in Bachelard's opinion?

4. Bachelard believes that rooms and houses are psychological diagrams writers and poets use to analyze what?

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

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