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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Poetic imagery is real, according to Bachelard, even though it is not subject to what?
(a) Rules of household order.
(b) Rules of the marketplace.
(c) Rules of grammar.
(d) Rules of logic.

2. What can be said of a closed box, in the opinion of Bachelard?
(a) It inspires the poetic spirit.
(b) It has more to see and experience than an open chest.
(c) It represents the human need for secrecy and confinement.
(d) It represents forgotten memories.

3. Which is the best description of "La Redousse"?
(a) A humble house with no apparent resistance set alone on an island.
(b) A massive house, well fortified and set alone on an island.
(c) A humble house with no apparent resistance on a hillside above the city.
(d) A massive house, well fortified and on a hillside above the city.

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

5. How does Bachelard say we experience a house buried in a blanket of snow in what way?
(a) As a baby in a cradle.
(b) As a warning of death.
(c) As a universal child from centuries earlier.
(d) As a butterfly in a chrysalis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who claimed that only the image can keep up with the changes of nature?

2. When is the value of a house as intimate shelter most evident, according to Bachelard?

3. For Bachelard, what do primal images of nests and shells offer to a person?

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

5. How is a cathedral similar to a snail shell in the opinion of Bachelard?

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