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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Bosco transform Bergson's drawer metaphor?
(a) He claimed that the brain is not a filing cabinet, but the filing cabinet is a brain.
(b) He claimed that the brain is not a filing cabinet but an unstructured jumble of information.
(c) He claimed that the brain is more like a wardrobe with secret space.
(d) He claimed that the brain's filing cabinet is used only to file away memories that will be forgotton.

3. Which level of a house is protected with strong beams and rafters, and, states the author, has darkness that disappears in daylight?
(a) The main living area.
(b) The cellar.
(c) The attic.
(d) Every level.

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

5. 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) The soul cannot be at peace unless residing in the childhood home.
(c) Dates of events are more important than the sense of where they occur.
(d) When a house is torn down, the memories fade.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What can be said of a closed box, in the opinion of Bachelard?

3. Central to the author's main theme in "Nests," how does a simple image avoid intimidation?

4. The author believes that a well-drawn representation of a house inspires observers to do what?

5. What is a primal image symbolic of a man keeping vigil according to Bachelard?

(see the answer key)

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