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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is the value of a house as intimate shelter most evident, according to Bachelard?
(a) When it is vacant.
(b) When it is assailed by elements of nature.
(c) When it is immortalized by a poet.
(d) When a new family moves in.

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

3. Which statement does Bachelard determine is most indicative of attic fears?
(a) Attic fears take longer fade, and remain tentative and unknown.
(b) Attic fears indicate spiritual unrest.
(c) Attic fears indicate childhood trauma.
(d) Attic fears may be reasoned away.

4. What romantic notion does Bachelard dispute?
(a) The lover's nest.
(b) Poetic imagery.
(c) The magic of rainbows.
(d) The refuge of the forest.

5. In the words of Bachelard, a mollusk that weighs fourteen pounds but with a shell that weighs five hundred or more pounds can be described in what way?
(a) An immense dream of nature.
(b) A metaphor.
(c) A miracle.
(d) An impossibility.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sartre was struck by what realization of Hughes's literary character, Emily?

2. According to Bachelin, which is the oldest season?

3. Who, according to Bachelard, is able to enter the hidden space of the extreme?

4. For Bachelard, topophilia can be described in what way?

5. Valery's knowledge of geometry failed him in what regard?

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