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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Drawers, Chests and Wardrobes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A poetic image is independent of what according to Bachelard?
(a) Art.
(b) Imagination.
(c) Reverberation.
(d) Causality.

2. Bachelard, expanding on the work of Rilke, proposes that a box top, like the cover of a pot, may do what?
(a) Maintain secrecy.
(b) Create deceptions.
(c) Lead to future discovery.
(d) Make the world get along better.

3. Bergson called drawers concepts into which what is classified?
(a) Experience.
(b) Knowledge or thinking.
(c) Psychological development.
(d) Dreams.

4. What does Bachelard believe is an antidote for claustrophobia?
(a) Light colors.
(b) Stairways.
(c) Dynamic houses that open back out to the universe.
(d) Spending time away from one's house.

5. What is a center of order in a house, according to Bachelard?
(a) The wardrobe.
(b) Stairways.
(c) Decorative objects.
(d) The brain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the best description of "La Redousse"?

2. In the works of Edgar Allan Poe, murder and mayhem usually occur where?

3. What is the ability to imagine?

4. Many houses are structured in levels, as described in "The House, from Cellar to Garret . . .,"appealing to what sense?

5. What do poets create, according to Bachelard, to transcend conflicted night dreams?

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