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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is a nest connected to the foliage of the forest according to the author?
(a) A nest is at the mercy of surrounding foliage during windstorms.
(b) It is hidden by the foliage, and constructed from the foliage.
(c) Both are wonders of nature.
(d) Both inspire daydreaming and poetry.

2. Ultimately, as explained in "The House, from Cellar to Garret . . .," what can be used to communicate with other souls?
(a) Poetry or daydreaming.
(b) Spirituality.
(c) Music.
(d) Emerging from one's home to experience the world.

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

4. For Bachelard, breaking from the principles of scientific prudence is necessary in order to do what?
(a) Understand causality.
(b) Relax at home.
(c) Study psychoanalysis.
(d) Establish a metaphysics of the imagination.

5. Bachelard uses what to illustrate the reality of poetic imagery?
(a) Psychoanalysis.
(b) The idea of a house.
(c) Science.
(d) The idea of a painting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bachelard's metaphor of the chrysalis?

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

3. What are resonances as defined by Bachelard?

4. The author proposes that loving the space in a house that opens to anywhere is an example of what?

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

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