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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. When is the value of a house as intimate shelter most evident, according to Bachelard?
(a) When it is assailed by elements of nature.
(b) When it is vacant.
(c) When a new family moves in.
(d) When it is immortalized by a poet.

5. Who wrote of "La Redousse"?
(a) Rilke.
(b) Bachelard.
(c) Baudelaire.
(d) Bosco.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The objectivity of a house, states Bachelard, is separate from what?

3. Which statement does Bachelard determine is most indicative of attic fears?

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

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

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