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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is forgotten by Milosz's cynical character?
(a) Childhood memories.
(b) Recent happy times.
(c) Everything.
(d) Nothing.

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

3. What is able to invent forms emerging from shells that are beyond scientific research according to Bachelard's theories based on the work of Baltrusaitis?
(a) Spirituality.
(b) The mollusk.
(c) Faith.
(d) The imagination.

4. Bachelard's topoanalysis considers houses with at most how many levels?
(a) Four, excluding cellar and attic.
(b) Four, including cellar and attic.
(c) Three, including cellar and attic.
(d) Two, including cellar and attic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The painter, Vlaminck, compared the contentment of humans to what?

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

3. As explained in "The House, from Cellar to Garret . . .," what is the main benefit of a house?

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

5. For Bachelard, why is the inner space of a wardrobe an intimate space?

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