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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bachelard, expanding on the work of Rilke, proposes that a box top, like the cover of a pot, may do what?
(a) Lead to future discovery.
(b) Make the world get along better.
(c) Maintain secrecy.
(d) Create deceptions.

2. As experienced by Bachelard, who sees only negative sublimation?
(a) The psychoanalyst.
(b) The psychologist.
(c) The scientist.
(d) The poet.

3. The cynical character created by the poet Milosz reminisces where?
(a) In his palace.
(b) In a tree.
(c) In church.
(d) In a boat.

4. The author theorizes that an unhappy child will draw what sort of a house?
(a) Cold, motionless, and rigid.
(b) A dream house.
(c) Happy, with doorknobs and chimney smoke.
(d) Small and dark.

5. When should metaphor be used, in Bachelard's opinion?
(a) Rarely, only to add complexity to a poem.
(b) Frequently, to add color and variety to expression.
(c) Rarely, only when words are inadequate.
(d) Frequently, to stimulate creativity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bachelard say makes miniatures of all things seen?

2. What does Bachelard believe is an antidote for claustrophobia?

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

4. In the opinion of Bachelard, a corner is a place of what sort of motion?

5. How does Tom Thumb's stature become believable?

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