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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ammonite shells spiral around what sort of axis?
(a) Circular.
(b) Rectangular.
(c) Logarithmic.
(d) Geometric.

2. What does a metaphor present?
(a) A tangible object as an intangible notion that is otherwise difficult to express.
(b) A tangible object described in full detail.
(c) An intangible object as a tangible notion that is otherwise difficult to express.
(d) An intangible object described in full detail.

3. After fish swim into the shell of the shellfish, what does the pea-crab do?
(a) Eat the shellfish.
(b) Open its shell.
(c) Nibble at the shellfish body as a signal to close.
(d) Steal the fish from the shellfish.

4. What is anthropo-cosmology?
(a) The transformation of a human body and soul when moving to a new house.
(b) The transformation of a house-like object after it receives human body and soul.
(c) The transformation of a human body and soul after death.
(d) The transformation of a house-like object when it is torn down.

5. A phenomenologist considers what regarding a house?
(a) The spiritual flow between rooms and levels.
(b) Paranormal presences.
(c) All the ways in which an individual inhabits his vital space.
(d) Drafty places which lead to pheumonia and other respiratory complaints.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Bachelard, expanding on the work of Rilke, proposes that a box top, like the cover of a pot, may do what?

3. The cooperative efforts of a blind shellfish and patron pea-crab exemplify what sort of behavior?

4. According to Baltrusaitis, what can leap from a shell when reality is dismissed?

5. Using a metaphor, a happy household can be compared to what, according to the author?

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