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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is anthropo-cosmology?
(a) The transformation of a house-like object after it receives human body and soul.
(b) The transformation of a human body and soul after death.
(c) The transformation of a human body and soul when moving to a new house.
(d) The transformation of a house-like object when it is torn down.

2. Memories and images of previous dwelling places converge where according to the author?
(a) The new house.
(b) Poetry.
(c) The imagination.
(d) The soul.

3. To what iconic Van Gogh image does the author compare a bird's nest on the ground?
(a) Childhood home.
(b) Corn stalk.
(c) Sunflower.
(d) Thatched cottage.

4. For Bachelard, the well-being of a nest diminishes what?
(a) The desire to find a new home.
(b) Scientific objectivity.
(c) The need for poetic expression.
(d) Hostility of the world.

5. Who, according to Bachelard, is able to enter the hidden space of the extreme?
(a) The psychoanalyst.
(b) The architect.
(c) The scientist.
(d) The poet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As understood by Bachelard, a house features which two seemingly conflicting dimensions?

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

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

5. What is another word for ontology?

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