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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Using a metaphor, a happy household can be compared to what, according to the author?
(a) A flourishing nest.
(b) A soul at peace.
(c) A poem.
(d) A child's drawing.

2. Which is the least significant element in the composition of a poem in Bachelard's opinion?
(a) Verse.
(b) The isolated poetic image.
(c) Overall structure.
(d) Emotion.

3. What is a dream house for Bachelard?
(a) A home one dreams of owning or a home one purchases and alters.
(b) A house accessible only in dreams.
(c) The largest house in the area.
(d) A house that exists only in the poetic mind.

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

5. What is a commitment of the soul according to the author?
(a) Psychoanalysis.
(b) Shelter.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The works of Henri Bosco feature what areas, featuring connected passages with the possibility of escape?

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

4. Bachelard believes that rooms and houses are psychological diagrams writers and poets use to analyze what?

5. What are reverberations as defined by Bachelard?

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